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It's Done- Now to a New Beginning

Jer_
  • By Jer_ · New reply 10:26 pm
  • Journal · 18 replies
  • The procedure, as planned, was done exactly a week ago today. I woke up feeling good and continued to feel good throughout most part of the next 72 or so hours with having a very minimum of pain medication ...

Sixty Two -- a birthday poem

candacepoet
  • By candacepoet · New reply 7:28 pm
  • Journal · 18 replies
  • You knew it had to be coming -- how could I resist writing a poem for my birthday? I hope you can relate and enjoy. Love and Light, Candace Sixty Two Sixty two years now I’ve lived on this earth; Forty ...

Seven weeks post Botox

candacepoet
  • By candacepoet · New reply 5:30 pm
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • I think that this will be my last weekly post on how I'm doing after the Botox injection. It was successful in allowing me to keep down solid foods and to "eat for pleasure." Not so successful in helping ...

Domperidone

CountryMon50
  • By CountryMon50 · New reply 1:53 pm
  • Discussion in Gastroparesis - Treatment options · 21 replies
  • I just got my first bottle of Domperidone today. I am still waiting for another medication to start that I take right before bed time. I read Domperidone is a last medication you get when nothing else ...

in my head

Aliza
  • By Aliza · New reply 10:51 am
  • Discussion in Other topics · 6 replies
  • well the doctors are saying i dont have GP that its all in my head so does anyone with Gastroparesis eat and throw up right after the last bite? Or does it stay down for a while and then come up? Please ...

Throat is burning

mogalily
  • By mogalily · New reply 3:47 am
  • Discussion in Other topics · 12 replies
  • I'm not sure why, but I've been getting severe burning sensations in my throat/esophagus and it's hard to swallow and hurts to even breathe. Is this normal? Does anyone else have this problem ...

Gastroparesis and Weight Gain

Cracker72
  • By Cracker72 · New reply yesterday at 2:34 pm
  • Discussion in Gastroparesis - Newly diagnosed · 8 replies
  • I was just diagnosed in November of 2012. I have been struggling with weight gain (I know the opposite of everything I read) for over a year. Since my diagnosis I have modified my diet to GP friendly ...

Scared about getting gastric pacemaker

trina76
  • By trina76 · New reply yesterday at 10:56 am
  • Discussion in Gastroparesis - Newly diagnosed · 12 replies
  • im a 36yo female with gp, i was diagnosed about 6 months ago. dr put me on reglan 5mg, but the side effect TD scares me so i stopped taking it. I dont have diabetes, my Dr. says it comes from taking too ...

TPN Vitamin shortages - Great Article

lilpeeps
  • By lilpeeps · New reply yesterday at 10:44 am
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I know many of the TPN'ers have been affected by the vitamin shortages in recent months and it doens' t look like it's going to end anytime soon. The Washingtonian posted a great article putting this ...

whats next...

nikki98789
  • By nikki98789 · New reply yesterday at 9:03 am
  • Discussion in Gastroparesis - Treatment options · 5 replies
  • i was diagnosed with gastroparesis around a year ago (i got sick April of 2012) weve pretty much tried everything-all the medicines (domperidone, reglan) we tried botox injections and were even trying ...

Six weeks post Botox

candacepoet
  • By candacepoet · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • Good morning, all. I hope you all have a good weekend. I'm getting a little discouraged, as I dropped two of the four pounds I had gained, even after starting the marinol, which doesn't seem to impact ...

Visit to GI

candacepoet
  • By candacepoet · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • I saw Dr. Chang this morning. He's happy that the Botox is allowing me to keep solids down, but, as I expected, doesn't feel that I've gained enough weight to start thinking about tapering down the TPN ...

thank u

shaunaboo

im alone

shaunaboo
  • By shaunaboo · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • my stomach feels like it going to exploxed and i am going to throw up and it hurts really bad ...

A Birthday at Home!!

candacepoet
  • By candacepoet · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Journal · 44 replies
  • Today is my 62nd birthday, and the first birthday in four years that I haven't been in the hospital! It feels great to be at home for my birthday (and the 7th anniversary of my ileostomy). It's been a ...

Gallbladder removal? Please help!

Carrie1919
  • By Carrie1919 · New reply May 21, 2013
  • Journal · 29 replies
  • So my doctors want to remove my gallbladder tomorrow since I have a lot of sludge causing me pain and causing my pancreas and liver some issues. I'm told that this is no big deal and one of the most common ...

New column: “'Live Because:' Living a fuller life with chronic illness"

John2
  • By John2 · Posted May 21, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new column on the Stanford University School of Medicine "Scope" blog, titled, “'Live Because:' Living ...

not good

alubken
  • By alubken · New reply May 21, 2013
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Well all the sudden my insurance will only pay for 30pills a month on the reglan and it was helping a lot i was able to eat more regularly. Im so fustrated any openions would help. I cant get the domparidone ...

Does anyone experience sleep eating$

ToadysMom
  • By ToadysMom · Posted May 20, 2013
  • Discussion in Living with gastroparesis or CIP · 0 replies
  • I have never had a problem with sleep walking. I am on a multitude of medications that affect my sleep. I didn't believe my daughter when she told me I was getting up an eating things I know I can't have ...

Importance of keeping a Food Diary

candacepoet
  • By candacepoet · New reply May 19, 2013
  • Journal · 29 replies
  • Hi. This is mostly for the newbies, but it applies to all of us, those with digestive disorders and those with ostomies. That's why I'm posting it in all my groups. Keep a food diary, noting what you ...

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