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Journals
domperidone update
- By jessconk · Posted August 26, 2009
- 6 replies
- Well, I've been on Dom for a few days now, finding some positive options in tofu or soy... I feel awful, counting down the days until I go to Shands and can talk to a motility specialist. My weight is ...
comedy of errors
- By margamouse · Posted August 24, 2009
- 7 replies
- Saturday was a bit weird. Went to take lettuce and tomato out of the bottom drawer of the frig to make my husband a stuffed tomato. There is a 12 pack of soda two shelves higher. of course, just like ...
Stepping out of my comfort Zone…..
- By nanascorner · Posted August 24, 2009
- 4 replies
- We all have areas in our life that we guard with everything that is with in us. These are issues that we don’t feel comfortable talking about. We all have Comfort Zones that we would never even consider ...
Appointment with internal medicine doctor!
- By JulieKC · Posted August 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- Just wanted to share my excitement! We were given the name of an internal medicine doctor here in KC by a woman who had problems very similar to mine. She went to this doctor, who spent 3 and a half hours ...
I hate insurances
- By shan789 · Posted August 18, 2009
- 42 replies
- I have been fighting with Jake's insurance over his feeding bags for his cecostomy flushes. For the last year we have been getting 30 bags a month. When I called last week to reorder I was told that they ...
FREAKING DOCTORS!
- By Einstein · Posted August 18, 2009
- 7 replies
- OK.......Need to blow off some steam. After waiting two weeks, and leaving several messages, my GI's nurse finally calls me back today. On my non- functioning house phone no less. Don't know how many ...
Blonde moment
- By margamouse · Posted August 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- Does anyone out there know where I can get restaurant cards (business card size, I believe) that you can hand out? I had seen them on a site, requested some months ago and never received them. Now I can't ...
Pacemaker time
- By blink · Posted August 15, 2009
- 7 replies
- At long, long last, I go into hospital on Monday for the gastric pacemaker. Funding by the UK NHS took a long time to clear. Who knows what my life will be like after this week? I have reached the point ...
Hope
- By jacque2sweet · Posted August 14, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have been waiting for the University of Iowa Hospital to fit me in. My lab work came back that concerned them and I got bumped up from oct 2nd to August 24th hope its not something too serious. I am ...
Any Nausea meds that don't cause drowsiness
- By whit18 · Posted August 14, 2009
- 6 replies
- I'm taking Promethazine aka Pheregan. I was on Reglan, and I had awful mental effects. I also tried Domperidome, and the stomach cramps were really bad, and it didn't help my GP whatsoever. I am on Pheregan ...
Does anyone have suggestions for Bile Reflux? Has anyone been to Mayo?
- By JeniMac · Posted August 12, 2009
- 30 replies
- Recently my bile reflux has gotten so bad that sometimes when I bend over, bile comes into my mouth & sometimes my nose. I finally bought bed raisers to help at nighttime, but this is ridiculous. Does ...
Why me ?? what next??
- By DGSTRICK · Posted August 12, 2009
- 7 replies
- Its me again. I have been soo sick the past few days. since Friday I have been in bed most of the day. too weak to do anything. My kids do not understand that sometimes I just do not have the energy to ...
The Gastroparesis diet -- what an enigma
- By sos4seniors · Posted August 11, 2009
- 13 replies
- I have been searching for recipes for my mother -- my father has gastroparesis...nothing on Amazon, nothng much in Google on the Internet...anyone have any good recipes for stage 3? Thanks ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
- 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
Domperidone update
- By JeniMac · Posted August 9, 2009
- 23 replies
- Okay...it's been about a week & a half & the Domperidone is definitely helping my nausea, but I have not noticed any improvements on the pain when I eat solid food. I'm still trying to give it time though ...
sma syndrome
- By carol41 · Posted August 9, 2009
- 8 replies
- I would like to know if anyone has SMA syndrome and where they live?? my friend has it and is really scared we live in MA ...
Day of the blues
- By nanascorner · Posted August 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- I woke up this morning feeling down and depressed. My arms are killing me, I can barely life my left arm. The problem is that I new this was going to happen the moment that I choose to help my husband ...
Autoimmune diseases
- By nanascorner · Posted August 7, 2009
- 19 replies
- My research Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances ( preservatives, dyes, pesticides…) and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the ...
New GP sufferer with unusual symptoms
- By BlueSue · Posted August 7, 2009
- 15 replies
- I 've just been diagnosed with GP after complaining for quite a while and mostly being dismissed as it being a manifestation of anxiety, stress, depression, or that I'm just being a hypochondriac. My ...
Home Remedy that helped
- By prayer · Posted August 6, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi, I have been on Miralax for quite some time and it worked like a charm. Well about 2 months ago I started having lots of problems with my intestines. I saw my gastrointerologist several time to no ...
