The 29th of June sees the advent of another Metabolic Awareness Week (from CLIMB) in the UK. As a dietetic student with a keen interest in this field, I wanted to take the opportunity of sharing my thoughts on the subject. I will write a series of articles over the coming days to help increase the exposure of Inborn Metabolic Disorders.
Posts Tagged ‘PKU’
Metabolic Awareness Week
Friday, June 27th, 2008Tags: Add new tag, HCU, metabolic, metabolic disorder, MSUD, PKU
A single mother’s perspective on PKU. Part 2 of a PKU metabolic disorder story
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The baby started moving into position as my pain thresh holds were being tested to the full. Yet, I was still working on having a fully natural birth. As the time crept by (its funny how everything seemed to be going in slow motion) the baby had got the cord wrapped around his neck. The midwife could tell this because the heart beat fell with every contraction. I don’t remember this at all, but Debbie told me after that she was getting concerned.
Tags: Birth, metabolic disorder, PKU, Single Mother
A single mother’s perspective on PKU. Part 1 of a PKU metabolic disorder story
Friday, May 23rd, 2008I recently received a news letter from this site and noticed that they were looking for individuals to give an account of how they have coped living with PKU. After much thought I’ve decided to put pen to paper (metaphorically speaking) and share my life (or part of it) with you. I will try and update it weekly but because of my work load I won’t promise anything yet.
Tags: Birth, disorder, metabolic, PKU, Single Mother