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Inability to eat
Coping with the inability to eat and how it impacts the patient's life
gastric pacemaker
- By Benjamin07 · New reply 8:48 am
- 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 ...
Marijuana has helped me eat and keep the food down.
- By daytoday · New reply November 21, 2009
- 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 ...
chiropractor for gastroparesis?
- By DawnTB · New reply November 20, 2009
- 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 · New reply November 19, 2009
- 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 ...
How Do You Feel About Reglan?
- By Meegs82 · New reply November 12, 2009
- 28 replies
- When I was first diagnosed with GP a year ago, the first words out of my GI doc's mouth were "I'm going to phone in a prescription of Reglan for you." He told me what it did and I said "no thank you ...
The Gastroparesis "Diet"
- By Juliettesue77 · New reply November 11, 2009
- 11 replies
- Hello all. Hope everyone is having a good day. Lately, I have had problems controlling my diet. I live with my boyfriends family & they eat fatty foods, especially fried and sweets. I have learned to ...
Chronic ileus likely?
- By Topotraveler · New reply November 9, 2009
- 4 replies
- we are now 3 weeks post op for an adenocarcinoma of the lower colon (16cm) N of the rectum. Still hospitalized due to ileus (slugish gut) being fed by central line TPN. She's really nausiated, and refuses ...
How to connect G-tube to drainage??
- By mekmoore · New reply October 17, 2009
- 12 replies
- I had a G and J tube implanted 2 weeks ago and just got out of the hospital this morning. My question is regarding how to connect the G-tube to constant drainage. My tube has been draining since it was ...
frustrated beyond all
- By my4heathens · New reply October 16, 2009
- 14 replies
- okay, so tonight I'm making breakfast (I work nights) and made mom's as well. Mine consisted of a chocolate banana shake, which didn't bug me tooo terribly much. What did bug me is that after three years ...
Trouble draining G-tube?
- By mekmoore · New reply October 15, 2009
- 4 replies
- When I first had my g-tube and j-tubes implanted the G seemed to drain pretty well. Of course they had it connected to a catheter bag with a terribly long 'jury-rigged' connection, but it at least worked ...
Lump in throat
- By Juliettesue77 · New reply October 12, 2009
- 13 replies
- Starting last night I am having problems swallowing ( even liquids). I tryed some ginger tea and chicken bouillon that was the only thing that seemed to sooth it. Its like if its not my stomach hurting ...
Ileostomy reversed but having complications
- By rileysmom · New reply October 9, 2009
- 12 replies
- My daughter is 21months old and has CIPO. She got an ileostomy at 6 weeks old. About a month ago it was reversed and everything was reconnected. Doctors did an upper GI study after surgery and the contrast ...
I always said I would never do it!
- By sharronm55us · New reply October 7, 2009
- 25 replies
- When the pain gets bad enough, I have found out you will do what you never thought you would do. I have always said, no tubes. I don't want to live like that, no no no. They told me I would die, my body ...
pain medicine
- By anjiell · New reply September 23, 2009
- 7 replies
- hello everyone, i am not able to have anything to eat except fluids at this point.i was browsing and noticed a blog about changing pain medication and that making a difference. i was prescribed oxycodone ...
The grocery store is torture!
- By NancyL · New reply September 19, 2009
- 13 replies
- Hi Everyone, Tonight I made the mistake of going to the grocery store. I am lucky and usually my husband goes. I guess he knows that if he doesn't there will be no food in the house:) ! Anyway after seeing ...
Tube Feeding
- By shamrockmom · New reply September 15, 2009
- 3 replies
- I saw my doc. My results show normal small bowel transit but Markedly delayed colonic transit/colonic hypomotility appears global. Doc is giving me 2 weeks to gain weight by trying to drink 3-4 bottles ...
Tired of being sick
- By Juliettesue77 · New reply September 5, 2009
- 3 replies
- I had a upper scope done a couple of weeks ago. They called back yesterday saying that my pollup in my throat was binine, and my sample from my small intestine was normal no celilac disease. Which is ...
J-tube and G-tube placements...
- By mekmoore · New reply September 2, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am going to make this as brief as I can, but my story is long... the end result is that in order to ensure that I get some actual nutrition, and perhaps find someway to help with the nausea and chest ...
Gastic Pace Maker Surgery
- By dedhedfl · New reply August 28, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello My name is Deb and I stumbled across your site while trying to find out more information regarding Gastric Pacemaker surgery. My problems started out when I had to have the majority of my colon ...
endoscopy
- By Juliettesue77 · New reply August 27, 2009
- 2 replies
- I had an upper scope done today. The last doctor I went to said that I had gastroparesis, so I wanted a second opinion. The scope came out normal besides a pollup in the esophogus. Now he is testing me ...
