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wait and see

margamouse
  • By margamouse · New reply 10:51 pm
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Wait and see is difficult for me. I have a tendency to look ahead and prepare for what I may face. So, trying not to worry about the possibility that my entire tract has slowed greatly and more to what ...

Anemia

kc5rnk
  • By kc5rnk · New reply 10:47 pm
  • Discussion in Coping with chronic illness · 10 replies
  • Has anyone else had problems with anemia with their gastroparesis? I recently had to be hospitalized and have a blood transfusion due to my very low hemoglobin and hematocrit. My PCP believes it is going ...

excessive daytime sleepiness

horsecrazygal
  • By horsecrazygal · New reply 9:52 pm
  • Discussion in Inability to eat · 6 replies
  • Anyone else have this? I have trouble staying awake throughout the day. I don't sleep through the night very well due to bloating and abdominal pain. Some nights I only get 3 hours, others I get 6 hours ...

GI Disorders / Rosacea

MaryPatRose
  • By MaryPatRose · New reply 9:28 pm
  • Discussion in Understanding · 6 replies
  • I have both GI Disorders (IBS) and Rosacea. The IBS I have had for many years, I just learned about the Rosacea a few days ago when I went to my Dermatologist, I felt like my face was on fire. I wash ...

botox and pyloroplasty for gastroparesis

shellshe2
  • By shellshe2 · New reply 9:22 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
  • my doctor has suggested try botox and then if it works go ahead and have the pyloroplasty surgery has anyone every had this and if so could you give me your opinion on it.. thanks ...

Warning about Charcoal Tablets! BEWARE

Jeremiah2912
  • By Jeremiah2912 · New reply 9:17 pm
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • To start off I am not as bad as some of the others on here. I have severe GP according to my Gastric Emptying Study. I do not throw up and can still eat mushy and every once in a while soft solids, so ...

Can GP Disappear

pam44
  • By pam44 · New reply 9:10 pm
  • Discussion in Understanding · 13 replies
  • I have idiopathic GP...I went to the mayo clinic about 3 weeks ago and got a confirmed diagnoses of GP , the day I was traveling home I got extremely ill...got home and went in the hospital...they gave ...

Pain under my rib cage

Sarahbear1982
  • By Sarahbear1982 · New reply 9:05 pm
  • Discussion in Pain issues · 8 replies
  • I am a 29 your old woman and I have been having a lot of pain under my rib cage. it starts underneath my breasts and its under my ribs as if it were like inside of my ribs. it also makes it difficult ...

Is It Motility Disorder?

EFBS
  • By EFBS · New reply 8:21 pm
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • My life changed dramatically in a beautiful seaside town in New England back in August 2011. While on vacation, I woke up in the beautiful ocean side home with my large extended family and I was sick ...

Sudden onset of GP

SamD
  • By SamD · New reply 7:42 pm
  • Journal · 34 replies
  • Who else on here had a sudden onset of GP with NO digestive problems before? I am trying to figure out how many people literally just wake up one day and couldn't eat. This happened to me and it seems ...

Social Security

ElysiumC
  • By ElysiumC · New reply 7:38 pm
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • So I have an appointment with a Social Security doctor for a mental health exam. Have any of you had to go through this ...

In hospital again...

Salfran
  • By Salfran · New reply 7:10 pm
  • Journal · 57 replies
  • I didn't open my bowels for 5 days despite the prune juice. So the nurses suggested I have a small doses of pico prep to help. I did and I had a BM and then my pain on left side increased dramatically ...

MIRALAX AND KIDNEY DISEASE???

GAILRD
  • By GAILRD · New reply 5:34 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 27 replies
  • IVE BEEN READING ALOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS SITE ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF MIRALAX. I ALSO BELONG TO THE NEPHCURE SITE AS MY CHILD IS A KIDNEY PATIENT. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SUSPICION ABOUT MIRALAX AND ...

Need Advice Re: Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth

lizardgirl
  • By lizardgirl · New reply 5:17 pm
  • Discussion in Living with an invisible illness · 37 replies
  • I would like to know how others have been diagnosed with and treated for SBBO. I was diagnosed based on my risk factors for SBBO; no actual diagnostic tests have ever been done. I don't even know if there ...

Bile duct cancer

kathrine00021
  • By kathrine00021 · Posted 4:55 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
  • My father who is 66 was diagnosed with bile duct cancer about a year and half ago. It was a very small tumor at the time and he had the whipple procedure to remove the cancer. There was no cancer anywhere ...

Pregnant with a Gastric Pacemaker

carlykb829
  • By carlykb829 · New reply 4:54 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 3 replies
  • I just found out that I'm pregnant, and my husband and I are thrilled! I have a gastric pacemaker-have had it for 10 years-and I am wanting to connect with anyone who has any experience being pregnant ...

My 8 year old son needs help!!!

zkrmom
  • By zkrmom · New reply 2:28 pm
  • Discussion in Pediatric · 14 replies
  • My 8 year old son has suffered with constipation issues his entire life. January of 2011 I finally got him in with a pediatric GI. She initially diagnosed him with mega colin and chronic constipation ...

STANFORD OR CLEVELAND????

oshaughnessy
  • By oshaughnessy · New reply 12:05 pm
  • Discussion in Caregivers · 13 replies
  • I have been on Inspire for over a year now and in that time I have seen many, many, many GI Drs and motility specialists, small town clinics and major universities and yes even a few visits to the mighty ...

Where to get mosapride?

SamD
  • By SamD · New reply 11:54 am
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • Can anyone tell me where to order this ...

Gradual Onset of GP?

Croll
  • By Croll · New reply 10:26 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 5 replies
  • Like SamD's post about sudden onset, I have been wondering how many of us here had symptoms come on more gradually? Also at what age, how long have you had it and how severe are your symptoms today. Mine ...

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