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SIBO Why has this happened to me?
- By SIBOgirl · Posted 10:38 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- SIBO Why has this happened to me? I've tried the antibiotics twice. 1st time worked but symptoms returned 10 days later. 2nd time failed and i took them twice as long. Started the probiotic the next day ...
SIBO symptoms and things maybe related
- By SIBOgirl · New reply 10:31 pm
- Discussion in Understanding · 7 replies
- It's all trial & error. Very difficult to deal with alone. So i'm trying to find an answer myself. What are ALL your SIBO symptoms? A bit of history? I'm trying to make connections to what we might all ...
Disappointing and confusing day
- By xan · New reply 10:29 pm
- Journal · 7 replies
- Having had a CAT scan of brain, abdomen and pelvis this past Thursday, I had a doctor's appt. today to review the results. No cause was found for the nausea in those tests. I must now schedule a gastric ...
Finally someone listened
- By NurseinAlabama · New reply 9:26 pm
- Discussion in Living with an invisible illness · 25 replies
- I am a 38 year old woman who has had problems with chronic constipation for as long as I can remember. I was diagnosed with IBS when I was 16 years old but never felt that it was really what I was going ...
Day 4 of Sitzmarkers
- By NurseinAlabama · New reply 9:22 pm
- Journal · 5 replies
- I was at work yesterday and had our radiology dept do an x-ray just to see where I was at with the markers. Only 1 was within 12 inches or so from the rectum. All the rest were starting at the beginning ...
"well you look fine"
- By vampgyrl821 · New reply 8:32 pm
- Journal · 8 replies
- People always tell me I look fine. I'm 20lbs underweight and fighting to not loose more weight. Don't get me wrong I like compliments as much as the next person, but being this thin should not be considered ...
vacation
- By nmccannon · New reply 5:59 pm
- Journal · 5 replies
- Well, tomorrow I am going on vacation. I have canceled 2 trips already because my health was so poor. But I am bound and determined that I AM going this time. I dont care if they have to carry me everywhere ...
Not sure what to do for help anymore ?
- By modublin22 · Posted 5:26 pm
- Discussion in Inability to eat · 0 replies
- Been dealing with this since Jan. 2010, started after eating a piece of pizza, I started coughing about 20 min after which made me get to the point where I was having problems breathing. Husband called ...
What to do next?
- By Curley-Q · New reply 5:21 pm
- Discussion in Inability to eat · 30 replies
- I don't know what to do anymore...I am so sick and worn out and the worst part is I don't even think my GI believes what I am telling him. Basically, between my GP and SOD I can not eat or drink anything ...
B12 injection - has anyone had this for Gastroparesis
Taking a Break
- By aloha64 · New reply 2:03 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- I posted a week or so ago that I was having a hard time and then I ended up in the ER with my PICC line leaking. They pulled it, but being a Sat night I was told it would be Monday before the radiologist ...
Request For Photos Of Abdominal Distention
- By mary-angela · Posted 12:36 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
- Does your abdomen become swollen or distended due to a digestive motility disease or disorder? If so, the Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Inc. (AGMD) would love for you to submit a ...
How can I be this BIG?
- By Curley-Q · New reply 12:29 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 4 replies
- I wish someone could explain this to me. Even though I am literally taking in no calories I am still gaining weight. How can this be? Has anyone else experienced this? One time I went for a month living ...
Free Webinar Addressing "The Unpredictable Nature Of Digestive Motility"
- By mary-angela · Posted 12:27 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
- The Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Inc. (AGMD) will be re-presenting a webinar entitled, "The Unpredictable Nature of Digestive Motility Diseases and Disorders" on Saturday, September ...
Colonic inertia AND non-working sphincter
- By Dipper · New reply 10:33 am
- Discussion in Coping with chronic illness · 34 replies
- Anyone out there with these problems? If so, I would very much like to chat with someone. Been suffering with this for over four years, been to several doctors, had many tests, have tried a few different ...
J-Tube Switch?
- By orangesoc12 · New reply 8:56 am
- Journal · 10 replies
- It has been 5 weeks since my j-tube surgery. That being said, I have a few questions now. I still have an infection from the tube and a lot of pain, the crampy sharp kind. The surgeon feels that if we ...
suffering
- By whitehead · New reply 8:06 am
- Discussion in Inability to eat · 5 replies
- Hello I'm a 34 yr.old female I'm suffering with acid reflux diseas e,this been going on for 1yr.I had 4 egd test eating study,molitilty test,barium ,and know a coloscopy test tomorrow I hope this will ...
Temporary Pacemaker been in for 1 week now WOW!!
- By suzzyb · New reply 4:18 am
- Journal · 3 replies
- Hi Everybody. well I went up to Leeds last wednesday to have the temporary Pacemaker fitted. I was a little apprehensive but there was no need. All other endoscopies I have been through have been horendous ...
Article that I wrote, Dr. Abell wanted me to submit to the FDA
- By sitkaconny · New reply 1:02 am
- Discussion in Coping with chronic illness · 15 replies
- Here is what I wrote, that Dr. Abell wanted me to submit to the FDA, which I did. Gastroparesis What I Have Learned A Patient’s View By Cornelia Huebscher What is Gastroparesis? Gastroparesis, also ...
We were back at the hospital...
- By tomeckom · New reply yesterday at 9:56 pm
- Journal · 13 replies
- I started a whole other post 2 days ago, but things changed at a fast rate, so now I will be updating on what happened these last two days... On Sunday, were in the car coming back from school shopping ...
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