Dad has consistently lost weight since being diagnosed with dementia. Not having any saliva glands probably played a part in it. Mom would try to get him to drink Ensure, but he didn't like the taste. When he first moved to Utah he was weighing 157 and has continued to lose weight. We have tried several things, having him drink Ensure Plus with every meal, adding butter to his oatmeal, feeding him softer foods that are easier on his dentures, but dad had continued to lose weight. At his doctor's appointment in February his weight was 130. That's a loss of 27 pounds in under three years, so Dr. Duros ran some tests and found that dad's thyroid was high (or low...I forget which) and prescribed some thyroid medicine. At his appointment on Tuesday, dad's weight was 141! Yeah! Eleven pounds up. Maybe we will need to start buying new, bigger pants again.
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