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Pain issues
How to address pain with doctors; coping with pain; getting help
dealing gastroparesis
- By Tammycelina · New reply November 23, 2009
- 26 replies
- I am 43 years old and have been diagnosed for 4 years now with gastroparesis ... my food intake is severely limited ... I cannot do anything with high fat more than 6 grams seems to be a good number ...
Had my appt today with Neuro PA!
- By Lauren2006 · New reply November 21, 2009
- 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 ...
Stomach Spasms?
- By yweinst · New reply November 20, 2009
- 7 replies
- My son is 3 and half years old and his whole life has been suffering with pain attacks. Since he has been able to speak we have asked him what they feel like, hoping that this will help us get him diagnosed ...
GP and Constipation
- By Toho33 · New reply November 19, 2009
- 11 replies
- I started have stomach issues since last year and have had every test known only to come back with first the H. poly bacteria, then gastritis then gp. I was put on reglan and that didn't help. I go back ...
Tube sites BURNING and very Painful!
- By mekmoore · New reply November 12, 2009
- 5 replies
- Both my g-tube and j-tube sites keep discharging and both are SO painful, I can't even hardly touch them. I know the discharge is normal. I have kept them as clean and dry as possible, constantly changing ...
Constant Stomach Pain
- By fluttergirl · New reply October 28, 2009
- 9 replies
- I do not have gastroparesis but i do have ibs and fibro. I've had constant stomach pain for years. Pain/Bloating whether i eat or not, but worse when eating. My Gastro doc says i have slow motility and ...
Pneumatosis coli anyone?
- By JenD · Posted October 25, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi all, I have GP and bowel dysmotility and recently have had an increase in abdominal pain. My GI doc did a CT scan and found pneumatosis (air filled cysts in the wall of the colon) which we are treating ...
Newbie to site...can anyone offer advise?
- By Megoreilly · New reply October 22, 2009
- 8 replies
- In late 2005 I had an EGD to investigage dysphagia/GERD go horribly wrong. The dialator was not released and I experienced a complete 15 cm rupture of my esophagus, from my stomach to the arch of my mouth ...
Muscle Relaxers
- By Regi · New reply October 14, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi, I was wondering how muscle relaxers effect GP? I have TMJ and it has been hurting since I had dental work done last month. I've been taking Tylenol Arth. and it was helping. What I'd like to do is ...
Shocking Pain from Gastric Pacemaker
- By MellyKat · New reply October 10, 2009
- 2 replies
- This is my first time on this site, and I'm hoping that someone might read this and give me some guidance. I had the pacer implanted in Feb. 06, and then had revisions in April 06, November 06, and November ...
feeding tube pain
- By yourfriend · New reply September 22, 2009
- 1 reply
- I've had a j-tube for 3-4 years and have always had quite a bit of pain around my j-tube site. The pain has gotten better over the years, but today it came back with a vengence. Around the tube site is ...
Please Help
- By JEM · New reply September 22, 2009
- 21 replies
- I am desperate for some help. I have gastroparesis and also some sort of motility problem with my bowels which has not been identified. The way I describe it is there is something wrong with my plumbing ...
colon
- By Delila · New reply September 18, 2009
- 17 replies
- Has anyone that had their colon removed had bad pain all over since the surgery? I have 0 energy, and hurt all over, and neausea evertdat!. aIt's been 5 1/2 weeks since my surgery. I am dissapointed and ...
Colon issues, I think ?
- By Joleen28 · New reply September 17, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello all- My name is Joleen I am 28 and have been having stomach issues for a couple years now. I was diagnosed with Acid Reflux a couple years ago. Since then I take Bellatol ( for irritable bowel syndrome ...
Morphine pump or botox for pain relief
- By denver88 · New reply September 13, 2009
- 4 replies
- Posted this before but try again, anyone have experience with a morphine pump? How about botox injections in the area of pain ...
terrible pain
- By yourfriend · New reply August 31, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am wondering if anybody here suffers from back pain? My pain is normally in the middle of my abdomen below my ribs. I also have pain in my left upper quadrant. For the last week or so. I have been having ...
Lost job no insurance Just diagnosed with GP
- By jacque2sweet · New reply August 17, 2009
- 10 replies
- i had surgery Jan 2, 2009 and had hernia repaired and ovary removed due to cyst. I had an epaderal put in for pain plus IV pain Meds. Without removing epiderol I was asked to walk to bathroom since they ...
What meds work best for nausea/vomiting?
- By rileysmom · New reply July 16, 2009
- 6 replies
- My 22month old has CIPO, and I need to ask her GI for something to help with nausea and vomiting. She currently takes erythromycin for motility, gentamycin for bacterial overgrowth, and Prevacid for severe ...
Pain management
- By docandkate · New reply July 10, 2009
- 21 replies
- Has anyone found anything that really works well, in dealing with pain from Gastroparesis? I've tried several things,currently including oral morphene and the Fentanyl patch. The Fentora lolipop was expensive ...
Pain from Gastroparesis ? ? Where ? ?
- By kalimae7371 · New reply July 9, 2009
- 8 replies
- I'm sitting here right now about to die! So to speak . . . . I've had these episodes so many times, even landing me in the ER a few times. Where exactly, or there abouts does the pain hit others with ...
