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very disappointed

By gwood · New reply June 18, 2013
19 replies
Well I have to say Im very disappointed after speaking with my Vanderbilt doctor. I didnt sleep any last night because I was in such great pain in my stomach. They are giving me 30mg of morphine every ...

ready for the operation

By kavita · New reply June 6, 2013
11 replies
I am finally at the point of being ready for the colectomy as I am sooooo tired of laxatives. I need 3 duccolax with linzess now and that produces brown watery stools now. I have had it with the cramping ...

gp in ok

By wphcc · New reply May 23, 2013
2 replies
lets all pray for our brothers and sisters with gp in ok im sure there are many ...

laparoscopic colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis

By ng1031 · New reply March 29, 2013
63 replies
Hi everyone. It has finally come down to surgery for me. I was wondering if anyone else has had a laparoscopic colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis? I am curious what your hospital stay time is and how ...

Traveling with stomach issues

By Chikky · New reply February 22, 2013
21 replies
I know there has to be threads on this somewhere, but my search results aren't working (probably this darn old computer!) but... I will be traveling out of the country in a month or so. I want to be excited ...

the future

By louise66 · New reply February 13, 2013
11 replies
I had some tuna and noodles about two hours ago and my stomach looks like i have a beachball under my top. I know that what i eat will eventually move, all be it very slowly and reluctantly. Its what ...

urgent pray

By wphcc · New reply January 30, 2013
15 replies
icriedout for for prayer but does not being able to take care of selfmeans nor response i have no whwere to go ...

urgent pray

By wphcc · New reply January 30, 2013
2 replies
iwrite asking for ptayer and never get response dont anyone car or is it just because i couldnt handled gp alone anoe im invisable ...

paraesophageal hernia surgery with Nissen

By sammymomma · New reply January 27, 2013
4 replies
I am a 59 years old woman and recently found out I have a paraesophageal hernia with 100% of my stomach and a loop of colon up in my chest. Since this diagnosis, I have gotten my old medical records and ...

nissen surgery for intrathoracic stomach

By sammymomma · New reply January 26, 2013
3 replies
I was on another site today where most of the discussion members had successful nissen surgeries and have no regrets. So, I'm wondering, what gives? I know everyone has a somewhat different recovery experience ...

Sudden incr in constipat & stomach probs

By BradyYear · Posted December 23, 2012
0 replies
Hi, I'm totally new to this board. After years of having manageable constipation (that involved Miralax 2-3 doses a day & fiber, plus 4-6 hrs a day in the bathroom), I had a bad wk of not following my ...

TPN Picc Line

By Chinky-Marley · New reply December 9, 2012
4 replies
Hey all~ Hope all is well =) Just got my TPN picc line the other day, about a week and a half ago, Kinda freaked me out at first because the didn't really tell me much of what could happen... Anyways ...

Pain under both ribs and back

By Rutiyahoo · New reply November 29, 2012
4 replies
I am having pain that comes and go for three weeks now on my right side under my rib cage and goe's to the back and left sometimes too.I had Ultrasound done and the doctore did not see anything,He put ...

GRANULOMA

By Pox1 · Posted November 4, 2012
0 replies
I HAD MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED IN 2009 WHEN THEY FOUND A DILATED BILE DUCT AND A CALCIFICATION IN THE HEPATIC PARENCHYMA WHICH IS LIKELY TO REPRESENT A GRANULOMA.........THIS WAS AT USF! WHY THE HELL WOULDN'T ...

Esophagus paralyzied - small bowel very slow - advice?

By thisdogdonthunt · New reply November 1, 2012
13 replies
All...after months and months of GI tests and gall bladder removal (only test at that time that came back suspicious) our latest test results - Esophageal manometry and ph monitoring - shocked the B-Jesus ...

'Letting my doctors down' and Reglan depression

By RedFlame · New reply August 23, 2012
19 replies
I don't know if any of you have felt this before; but at my last GI visit, I felt that I had let my doc down. She didn't spend much time with me and seemed upset that I had lost 21 more pounds. I had ...

High Magnesium Levels

By charmed1199 · Posted August 5, 2012
0 replies
I have been taking 300 mg stool softeners stimulate free every night for 3 years now and recently had a blood testing done and it shows my Anion Gap is low. I always get a copy of my lab work so I googled ...

High triglycerides with GP

By charmed1199 · New reply June 29, 2012
11 replies
Does anyone else have high triglycerides level from being on a low fiber diet because of the GP? Before the GP I never had trouble with high levels and in order to lower them I need to go on a high fiber ...

Sitzmark study for someone with a colostomy

By jessbelle11 · New reply June 20, 2012
2 replies
Hello everyone! I am new to this forum, came about it while trying to research things regarding GI motility. This is not personal issue, however its an issue for my mom and i was hoping to get feedback ...

Confused but Hopeful...

By d3girl · New reply April 17, 2012
4 replies
I went to see Dr. Carlos Pelligrini at the U of W and my monometry tests and my Barium swallow tests results baffled me--they showed I had slightly slow motility but he said I didn't have GP. Now, I know ...

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