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- By shan789 · Posted yesterday at 5:59 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- I took Jake to see the surgeon on Wednesday, and he admitted him to the hospital right away. After many test, the upper scope showed he had sever gastritis, and a very bad stomach infection. He ended ...
- By sandyb · Posted yesterday at 10:48 am
- Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
- HI, I have abig problem with skin irritation under the cap of my tube. I have the cathather type. There is always some leakage from it. IT gets crusty and starts to hurt. IT is also very red Iwould appreciate ...
- By dansmom · Posted October 11, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
- Since we have been to Mayo and my son has been put on this whole new diet and new meds, everything is... I would say 150 times worse (which I did not think was possible) Funny thing though, either way ...
- By WinnieME · Posted October 11, 2008
- Discussion in Understanding · 1 reply
- I have just been recently diagnosed with gastroparesis in March 2008. I dealt with it fine until the first part of July then had a flare and ended up in the hospital on IVs. It has steadily gone downhill ...
- By flhawe · Posted October 10, 2008
- Discussion in Pain issues · 4 replies
- Hi, I am glad I found this site as the postings have been very informative and helps me to know someone else is having the same problems I am. I have gastroparesis and lately every morning I wake up with ...
- By lagirl1966 · Posted October 9, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 6 replies
- Hi Everyone, Hope everyone is feeling ok today. Well I had the phone interview and the lady was very nice and she said I provided everything in a good way. She said to contact her right away when I get ...
- By Gailj · Posted October 9, 2008
- Journal · 1 reply
- I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE A GASTRIC PACEMAKER PLACED ON MY 45TH BIRTHDAY, NEXT WEDNESDAY. I AM HAVING 2ND THOUGHTS, I AM AFRAID IT WONT WORK. I AM AFRAID OF INFECTION AND JUST AFRAID OF HAVING ANOTHER SURGERY ...
- By SeussRN1 · Posted October 9, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 5 replies
- Hello all - I wanted some information about ports, as I am considering having one put in instead of the picc line. What is the recoevery time, does it hurt and anything else - good, bad the ugly. I have ...
- By LQ · Posted October 8, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
- HELLO EVERYONE, MY 19 YO DD HAS GP AND HAS A J-TUBE THAT IS ABOUT 3 WEEKS OLD NOW. NOW THAT WE ARE HOME AND ON THE TUBE FEEDINGS SHE SEEMS TO BE UNABLE TO TOLERATE THEM. THE RATE WAS 55 ML PER HOUR AND ...
- By hopenpeace420 · Posted October 8, 2008
- Journal · 10 replies
- Hi everyone, well I'm headed to the colon and rectal surgeon to dicuss my last options for my colonic inertia in two more days. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or questions that I should ...
- By td63076 · Posted October 7, 2008
- Journal · 2 replies
- Hi, my name is Tara and I have a 6 year old son that was born with a birth defect. His first stool was late and from there, he continued with constipation, swelling of the abdomen, feverish, lack of appetite ...
- By Allison1ga · Posted October 6, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 1 reply
- Hi everyone. I live in Atlanta and have been through several GI docs that I have not been happy with. Does anyone know of any specialists in the Atlanta area? After doing search on this site- the one ...
- By willyq12 · Posted October 6, 2008
- Discussion in Understanding · 0 replies
- I lost over 200 pounds in 1 year. Back in April or May I started having problems with my digestion, constipation. I went to hospital and was diagnosed with gastroparesis. My question is that i used to ...
- By willyq12 · Posted October 6, 2008
- Discussion in Understanding · 9 replies
- Can you briefly discuss how you believe you developed gastroparesis. Also any vegetarians, that developed this disorder let us know. I've been researching this disorder as I have it, and I have been going ...
- By JoAllison · Posted October 6, 2008
- Journal · 5 replies
- I hate it when I meet with people who say they can help me and after I've met with them, it becomes obvious I know more than they do. And, in this last case that though he asked for a three day food diary ...
- By JCatGuy · Posted October 4, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
- The Surgeon didn't even exam me (which seems to be a trend) and they look at my Scintigraphy Motility Results and just say, "You Need Surgery". Okay, here's my question and concern. That test was done ...
- By JCatGuy · Posted October 4, 2008
- Discussion in Nutrition · 3 replies
- Hi all, That's few if anything I can eat, and I may be having surgery (or not) next week. However, there's one thing left that I LOVE and I am down to my last box. Little to no nutrional value...but it's ...
- By hkaps · Posted October 2, 2008
- Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
- A small success story today: My GP symptoms had been getting worse over the past few days. Since I am studying abroad in England currently, the people running my program finally insisted that I go see ...
- By hkaps · Posted October 1, 2008
- Discussion in Depression · 13 replies
- I've recently been diagnosed with gastroparesis, and I am having a very difficult time dealing with it. It's not very severe - I can still eat some solid food in small quantities, for which I am very ...
- By bell · Posted September 28, 2008
- Discussion in Alternative therapies · 1 reply
- Hello! I am wondering if anyone has tried Iberogast for GP or botox injections and had any luck. I am just out of the hospital and glad to be able to eat again, but would love to have an alternative to ...
