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Active discussions
Physicians List
- By msc · New reply yesterday at 11:34 pm
- In Understanding · 20 replies
- Im looking for GI specialists who specialize in slow transit constipation or colonic inertia. Anyone care to nominate their physician? Name of physician and where he/she located. thx ...
Questions
- By Curious_in_Ohio · Posted yesterday at 10:01 pm
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- I was recently diagnosed with gastroparesis, diffuse esophagus spasm and severe constipation. I am going to have a Sitz marker study next week. I am always weak and sick. Is there anyone else going through ...
Book on Diabetes with info about GP?
- By gaa · Posted yesterday at 10:01 pm
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- About a month ago I saw a post on a discussion on this website about a book by a doctor who is a diabetes specialist. Apparently it had a good section about GP. However, I didn't make a note of the name ...
Had my appt today with Neuro PA!
- By Lauren2006 · New reply yesterday at 9:23 pm
- In Pain issues · 1 reply
- Hi everyone. This is a follow up to the post I posted yesterday about my appt at the neuro office. I used to see one of the actual neuros once a yr, but she left the practice, and her PA (who is great ...
New member seeking support
- By Wantonwonderer · New reply yesterday at 8:32 pm
- In Finding encouragement · 8 replies
- Hello everyone. I am a new member and I have been browsing the board for about a week. I was so relieved to stumble upon this website. I am 24 year old woman living in Northern California. I have been ...
Stomach Spasms?
- By yweinst · New reply yesterday at 8:05 pm
- In Pain issues · 7 replies
- My son is 3 and half years old and his whole life has been suffering with pain attacks. Since he has been able to speak we have asked him what they feel like, hoping that this will help us get him diagnosed ...
New GP diagnoses, many questions and concerns
- By jmullen · New reply yesterday at 3:44 pm
- In Understanding · 1 reply
- I have been recently diagnosed with gastroparesis after many of tests; my doctor has seemed to dismissed it by telling me "there are not always answers." And concluding our visit after confirming my question ...
Marijuana has helped me eat and keep the food down.
- By daytoday · Posted yesterday at 3:32 pm
- In Inability to eat · 0 replies
- I have had gastroparesis for over 5 years and have really struggled. About 2 months ago a friend that uses medical marijuana for his chronic back pain (I live in Canada) suggested I try it for my stomach ...
Need advice regarding antibiotics and GP!
- By Lauren2006 · New reply yesterday at 2:28 pm
- In Open discussion · 6 replies
- Hi. For those of you that know me, I was dxed with GP (even though my GEs was normal at earlier this yr. My symptoms were very bad at the end of last yr and early this yr, but thankfully *knock on wood ...
chiropractor for gastroparesis?
- By DawnTB · New reply yesterday at 1:31 pm
- In Inability to eat · 11 replies
- Has anyone tried a chiropractor for gastroparesis? I am thinking about having my 15 year old see a chiropractor to see if they could manipulate the "vagus nerve" to help this condition. I have never used ...
Idiopathic Gastroparesis/ Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- By deathofurheart · New reply yesterday at 8:19 am
- In Understanding · 23 replies
- Hi everyone. I'm new here. I am interested in talking to anyone with gastroparesis caused by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I was diagnosed with idiopathic gastroparesis a year ago and waiting on insurance to ...
Gastroparesis and Pregnancy
- By hwilson8 · New reply November 19, 2009
- In Finding encouragement · 13 replies
- Hi everyone! My name is Heather, and I'm new here. I was diagnosed with GP in November of 2008. I had an emptying scan in the middle of November that apparently showed that my stomach emptied 7% of it's ...
I need some help with this......
- By Lauren2006 · New reply November 19, 2009
- In Dealing with the fear · 2 replies
- Okay, so ever since I was dxed with GP based on symptoms (GES was normal) almost a yr ago, even though things have improved *knock on wood*, I am by no means symptom free. At the end of 2008 (dec was ...
What about Fiber Supplements for people with GP?
GP and Constipation
- By Toho33 · New reply November 19, 2009
- In Pain issues · 11 replies
- I started have stomach issues since last year and have had every test known only to come back with first the H. poly bacteria, then gastritis then gp. I was put on reglan and that didn't help. I go back ...
Anyone ever saved their large intestine?
- By playwithyourkids · New reply November 19, 2009
- In Inability to eat · 5 replies
- hello! I found out too late that gluten allergies caused chronic constipation for me for years. I used enemas as a way to move my bowels, becasue teh docots had no others answers. After yrs of doing this ...
dealing gastroparesis
- By Tammycelina · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Pain issues · 25 replies
- I am 43 years old and have been diagnosed for 4 years now with gastroparesis ... my food intake is severely limited ... I cannot do anything with high fat more than 6 grams seems to be a good number ...
How do you know if you have CIP if you have GP?
- By Bags65 · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Coping with chronic illness · 14 replies
- If you were dx w/ GP how do you know if you have CIP? At six hours on my emptying scan they told me that 72 percent of the food should be gone from the small intestine and only 7 percent of my food was ...
My daughter may have GP
Potassium and Magnesium question
- By Regi · New reply November 17, 2009
- In Open discussion · 9 replies
- I was wondering, do folks with Motility Disorders have to be more concerned/aware of their potassium levels? I was reading the posts here and read one where a woman had a problem with her potassium. Before ...
