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Colon/Sigmoid ? Vibrating and Stiff ...
- By GutPain · Posted 12:48 pm
- In Open discussion · 1 reply
- I had this problem in the beginning of my problems a few years back.. now it's back and scaring me.. About a half hour before a BM, I have this vibrating sensation in the lower left gut. I also have the ...
GP
- By abbygrace · Posted 12:08 pm
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- Does anyone know of any surgeries that might help with speeding up gut motiltiy? I truly would appreciate any feedback ...
Zoloft question
- By WesternMassMom · Posted 7:11 am
- In Open discussion · 8 replies
- My daughter just started zoloft a few days ago for anxiety and she is reporting increased jitteriness/shakiness. Has anyone else experienced this and does it usually pass? Thanks, Barb ...
should I be worrying about cancer?
- By heppy · Posted 2:59 am
- In Dealing with the fear · 0 replies
- the gi dr said I won't get cancer from crohns, now he not saying that....all he tells me after a test is "no cancer". I should say "are you expecting it?. I also have divolossi disease where a puch is ...
Best place to get motilium online?
- By Wantonwonderer · Posted 1:58 am
- In Open discussion · 4 replies
- Hi all, I hope this is okay to post. I am currently on Reglan and experiencing diarrhea as a result. My current GI refuses to put in an order for motilium (I live the U.S.), because she fears "lawsuits ...
Tons of drainage to blood to NOTHING??
- By mekmoore · Posted 1:28 am
- In Understanding · 0 replies
- I have been having a HUGE amount of drainage from my j-tube over the last few weeks. Then on Saturday night I was changing my dressings and noticed instead of the normal drainage I was bleeding. I went ...
Newbie..any advice??
- By jwwceo · Posted yesterday at 4:30 pm
- In Open discussion · 7 replies
- Hello, I am 30, male, and otherwise super healthy. I'm not overweight and have run marathons and triathlons before. About a year ago, I started having regurgitation, burping, and vomiting. I went to 4 ...
Ok for tubes to twist around?
- By mekmoore · Posted yesterday at 3:39 am
- In Open discussion · 5 replies
- Along with my j-tube bleeding, I have also noticed that my g-tube was starting to get pretty uncomfortable at its site. It was inflamed and irritated just like the j-tube site, but with lidocaine gel ...
Freaking out that I may get food poisoning!
- By Lauren2006 · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Dealing with the fear · 2 replies
- So a lot of you know that I have had GP sx for a yr now, with the worst being late nov-feb of last/this yr. I gradually have *knock on wood* gotten better, but still deal with on and off nausea, pain ...
I can't believe I did something so stupid!
- By yourfriend · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Open discussion · 6 replies
- I just got a new j-tube and it is totally infected. Sounds bad, but not it's not as bad as what I just did. I got home from the hospital yesterday and was changing my bandage today. It is really gross ...
Ileus
- By yourfriend · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Open discussion · 3 replies
- I just got out of the hospital again. This time is 16 days. My j-tube fell out prior to the hospitalization so I (stupidly) decided to see if I could go without it. I lasted almost a week before the the ...
having CIP and adopting a pet
- By pelztier · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Open discussion · 16 replies
- Hi I would like to know your opinion about having a severe chronic condition (in particular gp and CIP) and taking care about a pet. I have longed for a pet, especially a dog since childhood. I have now ...
An issue for anyone with any chronic condition!
- By Lauren2006 · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Open discussion · 11 replies
- Ever since I have joined this group, I have heard so many sad stories of ppl either not getting the medication they need, or having to have it be limited by insurance (usually the case with zofran, which ...
Rachael Ray Stoup
gastric pacemaker
- By Benjamin07 · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Inability to eat · 2 replies
- I have an appt. in Jan. to go to Cleveland Clinic for gastric pacemaker. I have had three surgeries that have been useless as far as allowing me to swallow my food. I do not have any motility in my esophagus ...
Questions
- By Curious_in_Ohio · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Open discussion · 11 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 November 20, 2009
- In Open discussion · 2 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 · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Pain issues · 7 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 ...
Marijuana has helped me eat and keep the food down.
- By daytoday · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Inability to eat · 2 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 ...
New GP diagnoses, many questions and concerns
- By jmullen · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Understanding · 12 replies
- 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 ...
