Inability to eat

Coping with the inability to eat and how it impacts the patient's life

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Now I'm nauseated constantly.

By 1818 · New reply 4:37 am
13 replies
I have had Colonic inertia for about 20 yrs now and my only symptoms have been severe constipation, stomach pain and in later years rectocele and redundant colon. In the past 6 months I have been nauseated ...

Gastropiresis

By ilvhbk1 · New reply yesterday at 11:42 pm
7 replies
Has anyone been prescribed marinol for their symptoms. My son is on it now for appetite and nauseaus. Diagnosised in 2012 with Gastroparesis ...

How to gain weight without feeling like throwing up all day?

By AngelinaLove · New reply June 18, 2013
6 replies
So I tried eating more calorie dense foods like eggs, bread, nuts and cake. It was awful. I was just so full and nauseous all the time. I have a friend (doesnt have GP) and she gained weight thanks to ...

gastropareis w/colic ileus

By wphcc · New reply June 18, 2013
2 replies
i wasnt sure what was happening to me but i had severe pain to to the left of my jtube and i mean severe pain. i thought it was an obstuction please preay for me as it can be qiute cmpkicateed ...

Just unsure. Can't eat well.

By sjblanch1984 · New reply June 17, 2013
10 replies
Hello, i'm new here, i'm Steve, 29 from Pa. Here goes: My symptoms all kinda started or got worse after my surgery for crohns last year. I had complications from day one where I was not digesting food ...

Flagyl?

By jerZgirl · New reply June 16, 2013
4 replies
Doc prescribed Flagyl for my daughter without breath test. He's positive that it is SIBO. Has anyone had success with this drug ...

back in the hospital again

By gwood · New reply June 13, 2013
6 replies
Well i moved to my hometown of Clarksville Tenn on Thursday . Felt good to get out of Memphis. I left my husband due to the fact that he was mistreating me while I was really sick. I came to Vanderbilts ...

Lost

By horsecrazygal · New reply June 12, 2013
10 replies
I find myself increasingly isolated. I don't even know if I have any friends anymore. The problem is every time I see someone I know I am so jealous. They all are enjoying themselves. They have a career ...

Dysautonomia, Colonic inertia and pelvic floor dysfunction

By Romans12_12 · New reply June 10, 2013
6 replies
Hello, I am new here- I have been experiencing gi symptoms for 6 months (nausea, vomiting, pain, weight loss, constipation). I'm 27 years old. I just started seeing a new doctor and he believes it is ...

Stretching esophagus

By jerZgirl · New reply June 7, 2013
6 replies
My daughter has severe esophageal spasms and we cannot have a manometry done for over month. In the meantime, the doc wants to do an endoscopy and stretch her esophagus. Has any one had this done, if ...

FOOD IS STUCK IN MY STOMACH, 46 hours now, what do I do?

By everythingishorrible · New reply June 6, 2013
9 replies
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. I have gastroparesis and am on TPN 14 hours/day. I do eat a little by mouth (mostly just to try and keep my stomach working), usually 2 times per day. I only eat things ...

intractable gastroparesis

By gwood · New reply June 5, 2013
11 replies
So I'm home from the hospital. They placed a Gtube to go along with my jtube. They said I had intractable Gastroparesis. I'm done here in Memphis. I'm going to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville next week ...

the dairy liquid diet?

By horsecrazygal · New reply June 3, 2013
8 replies
For those of you who can't have milk products how do you manage a liquid diet? I've read that milk products can contribute to IBS. Milk, yogurt and ice cream are the mainstays of my diet. I can't eat ...

another surgery

By gwood · New reply May 31, 2013
6 replies
Well I have been in the hospital since Tuesday of last week. The next day my doctor pulled my pain medicine from me stating that he didn't think I was hurting and that I was drug seeking. U want to talk ...

Colostrum

By horsecrazygal · New reply May 24, 2013
3 replies
Has anyone tried it and did it help? According to the research I am doing one would have to take anywhere between 10 and 30 grams a day to see a beneficial effect. That gets VERY expensive! Most of the ...

No one knows what's wrong..

By cwolv6 · New reply May 24, 2013
9 replies
I'll try to make this as brief as possible.. I was diagnosed with acid reflux a few years ago and was put on nexium, then had my gallbladder removed. I was doing ok besides episodes of nausea and gastritis ...

just venting!

By horsecrazygal · New reply May 23, 2013
6 replies
Why is it that insurance won't cover any expensive medications? If the medication is expensive, my insurance is not going to cover it! I'm supposed to be on one course of antibiotics every month. The ...

please answer my question someone

By gwood · New reply May 23, 2013
10 replies
I passed out Friday afternoon and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. My blood test showed that I was dehydrate and my liver levels were off. They gave me fluids pain medicine and nausea medicine ...

New Motilty Drug Velusetrag

By horsecrazygal · New reply May 18, 2013
8 replies
Has anyone tried it? I was thinking of signing up for the clinical trial. Velusetrag significantly accelerated intestinal and colonic transit after single dosing and accelerated gastric emptying after ...

weight loss gi problems

By debellie · New reply May 16, 2013
2 replies
i am currently on liquid nutrition through my nasal tube which goes into my intestines, i have 60mls, , an hour for 16 hours, i struggle to fit it all in, in 12 months i have lost 6 stone and i am still ...

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