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Had my appt today with Neuro PA!
- By Lauren2006 · Posted 7:12 pm
- Discussion in Pain issues · 0 replies
- 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 ...
got my g-pact card!
- By my4heathens · Posted 3:48 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- I got my g-pact card the other day. Already put it to use and saved a couples bucks when they tried to add $3 to my order for ordering off the kids menu. I'm like nope, got a card to order off the kiddie ...
Marijuana has helped me eat and keep the food down.
- By daytoday · Posted 3:32 pm
- Discussion 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 ...
Ate some apple jelly today
- By cookielover86 · Posted 3:19 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- I ate some apple jelly on water crackers about a half hour ago. My stomach is handling them well. I just have to wait until 1 pm to have my ensure with more crackers. I am having to help my mom with my ...
New GP diagnoses, many questions and concerns
- By jmullen · Posted 12:56 pm
- Discussion 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 ...
Wow found out something interesting
- By Bekadawn1 · Posted yesterday at 6:16 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- I was feeling so good yesterday. I have been watching what I ate like a hawk. So I was really up for it when I won tickets to see the Songwriter's Showcase with Kelly Pickler, Joe Nichols, Bucky Covington ...
I need some help with this......
- By Lauren2006 · Posted yesterday at 5:05 pm
- Discussion 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 ...
Bad Day
- By naivelittlemiss · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 12 replies
- I know with GP you have good days and bad days, but why do the bad days have to be so BAD! =[ I feel like I'm being immature but really I don't quite know how to deal with GP bad days yet. I am still ...
Need advice regarding antibiotics and GP!
- By Lauren2006 · Posted November 18, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
TPN
- By Sunshinebaby7806 · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- Ok, So I am 18 weeks pregnant and have been seeing a nutritionist... I have been mostly on liquids for the 18 weeks.. with about a week of "cheating." SO far the one week of cheating let me gain 4 pounds ...
Taking a moment for ourselves
- By nanascorner · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Chamomile Tea Outside the sky is light with stars; There's a hollow roaring from the sea. And, alas! for the little almond flowers, The wind is shaking the almond tree. How little I thought, a year ago ...
chiropractor for gastroparesis?
- By DawnTB · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
Anyone ever saved their large intestine?
- By playwithyourkids · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
GP and Constipation
- By Toho33 · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
New member seeking support
- By Wantonwonderer · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Finding encouragement · 7 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 ...
Hope Prevails
- By nanascorner · Posted November 16, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- It’s easy to give up hope. Obstacles and daily living seem to beat hope out of the best of us at times. For me, dealing with the reality of a chronic illness has shaped and changed my life significantly ...
How do you know if you have CIP if you have GP?
- By Bags65 · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
Potassium and Magnesium question
- By Regi · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
Extreme Fullness
- By SweaterGirl · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion in Open discussion · 10 replies
- What is the remedy for extreme fullness? Can a venting tube be placed to help unload what's just sitting in my tummy vs. vomiting ...
My daughter may have GP
