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Journals
Protein drinks
- By LucyT · Posted October 11, 2009
- 13 replies
- Does anyone know of any ready made protein drinks that are dairy free, and also not full of sugar, aspartame, or other fake sugars(except for Stevia)? Ensure, Boost, and the like make me feel "yucky ...
2:41 am and I want to be a brat!!!
- By spiritlove · Posted October 11, 2009
- 38 replies
- An hour ago I had one of those frightening, choking attacks, my heart was throbbing, it felt like my throat was going to rip open and it was a struggle to get all the velcro off. I've been battling this ...
Reasons for Chronic Nausea
- By nanascorner · Posted October 10, 2009
- 0 replies
- Chronic Nausea, is a common problem with people battling a chronic illness and pain. People with Fibromyalgia can suffer from IBS, GERDS, Hypersensitive ( HSP) issues, which can and does lead to chronic ...
NEVERSTOPPERS
- By JohnGia · Posted October 10, 2009
- 2 replies
- IS your tumors ON TOP YOUR BACK? MY TUMORS, ARE UNDER THE SKIN, 3 NEED TO be REMOVED BUT DOC, ALL 3 IN VERY BAD SPOTS. ,,,LOL (WONDERFUL LUCK HUH) I'am NF1. but i have a huge on in my right ear canal ...
GP and extreme weight gain?
- By BlueSue · Posted October 9, 2009
- 18 replies
- I'm wondering if anyone out there is experiencing symptoms similar to mine which don't seem to correlate with GP, although my gastric emptying test showed only 6% of food passed from my stomach in 90 ...
Pain with gastric pacemaker
- By bkat · Posted October 8, 2009
- 1 reply
- Has anyone out there had an enterra device implanted only to suffer from excruciating shock wave type pains? I have had the device moved and then replaced, and still getting these pains ...
Reaching Out
- By nanascorner · Posted October 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- It has been said; A human being requires at least eleven hugs a day to feel complete! I have no idea whether that figure is correct or not, but I do know that a baby can not survive with out human touch ...
TPN tube at night (scared 17 yr. old)
- By naivelittlemiss · Posted October 8, 2009
- 17 replies
- I am still very new to Gastroparesis, as when it was discoved I had it it was around late August/early September. In the beginning the no "real" food diet (AKA: liquid diet) is hard to deal with but I ...
new meds
- By my4heathens · Posted October 7, 2009
- 0 replies
- okay, so I went to see my primary doc today, just a touch base visit. He asked if the GI had added any meds, and as of today he hasn't. When talking about options, he brought up both Biaxin and erythromycin ...
Could I still be fighting the effect of the Bug?
- By nanascorner · Posted October 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- Could I still be fighting the effect of the Bug? I dealt with the same diarrhea problem that the rest of the family has been battling. But after 36 hours of dealing with this bug, living in liquid , I ...
Chest pain
- By LucyT · Posted October 5, 2009
- 19 replies
- Last night I went to the sleep lab at the hospital for a sleep study. It was the 2nd one, and I was trying out a CPAP mask for sleep apnea. I woke up 3 times with stabbing chest pain "left of center ...
My pacemaker - a new beginning
- By blink · Posted October 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- It's 50 days now, and it's been a rough road. When I was admitted to hospital this time, I weighed 90lbs - not clever with a height of 5'7". Things after surgery didn't go according to plan - instead ...
Rethinking the food issue
- By LucyT · Posted October 4, 2009
- 9 replies
- Yesterday I was thinking that I need to rethink my ideas about food. Now, I know that I don't have GP as bad as alot of people. But, almost everything I eat gives me a bad tummy ache, leaves a "rock ...
COPING WITH GP
- By jennywren · Posted October 3, 2009
- 11 replies
- I was diagnosed in July with GP. I have suffered with gastric problems for over 30 years - chronic ulcerative oesophagitis, a large sliding hiatus hernia, severe oesophageal spasms and IB - but knew there ...
As long as I eat right....
- By LucyT · Posted October 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- As long as I eat right, I feel OK. I feel like I'm following so many rules-don't eat salads, but OK to well cooked veggies. Don't eat fresh fruit. (kind of goes against the grain of society!) Stop eating ...
new here
- By my4heathens · Posted October 2, 2009
- 5 replies
- New here but not to gi "issues" (putting it nicely). Have had severe reflux for the last ten years and about 4 years ago my general doc put me on Reglan for severe nausea and vomiting, been on it since ...
UGH!
- By Only28 · Posted September 30, 2009
- 9 replies
- So I am 28yrs old and after over a year of puking and abdominal pain was finally diagnosed with gastroparesis. I had two endoscopies and an colonoscopy. Then finally my GP did what I asked and did the ...
cecostomy?
- By shan789 · Posted September 28, 2009
- 9 replies
- For a week now my son has had poo draining around hid site. He has no granulation, so I'm a little confused. Any ideas? The only other thing I can think of is him being backed up, but doesn't have usual ...
New to group
- By LucyT · Posted September 27, 2009
- 13 replies
- I am new to the group. I was diagnosed with gastroparesis a few years ago. I was OK for a couple years, and it has recently come back. I'm trying to control it by "diet" and eating small amounts at a ...
A Creed to Live By
- By nanascorner · Posted September 25, 2009
- 6 replies
- A Creed to Live By Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others, It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important, Only ...
