I Have Bad Gastroparesis, Does Anyone Else Share This Experience?

I am also 30 with GP and im an Insulin dependent Diabetic, i have had this condition for years. I too have 2 children and i also have lots of hospital admissions. ys i totally understand how u feel i have to b plugged into a feeding machine at night so i have no social life i cant go out after eight. My quality of life is poor and sometimes wish that i was not here im sick of being sick and being in so much pain all the time.

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I am suffering badly and dropping weight. Domperidone works,but our insurance will not cover it. Have some powdered Zegerid RX and will try that today. I had a total colectomy and an ileostomy 3 years ago at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. All I have to do is bend over and here comes the barfing. I am not going to eat anymore,it's just not worth it. My poor throat and esophagus can't take it . I have to have dialation and a gastro every year now. All my life this has been happening. And I am 59. Vomiting and nausea are part of my life and give me more grief than having an Ostomy! Zofran work for right now. Also I am considering trying Medical Marijuana for the nausea,I live in a MMJ state.

my other advice is find a doctor that specializes in GP and who is caring and doesn't talk to you like your an idiot. The most important part is treating the problems not the symptoms afterwards. My doctor (Dr. Rupert Abdalian, for anyone in the Toronto Area) is so wonderful. He takes times and treats me like I know my body and how I feel. He also doesn't continually send me to get prodded for tests. He tells me all my options and then gives his recommendations, he is honest and straightforward. I truly believe that he has saved my life. He has also promised me that he is going to "fix me". That this disease is nothing that I can't beat, I just need to be patient.

I feel your pain. I have been in and out of hospital for the past 4 years. I have finally (knock on wood) found a combination of things that is working for me. I take tectra (an acid reducer) and a medication called Cisapride. Cisapride was taken off the market by the Canadian Government because it can cause heart problems, however they have a program called special access for extreme cases. I applied with my gastro specialist and was granted access. Part of the access demands that I get an electro cardio gram done each week to monitor my heart. So far I have not been to the hospital in nearly 2 months. I also stick to a low fat, low fiber, high lean protein diet. I also eat smaller meals more often, i know this is hard to monitor with type 1 diabetes, i test my blood sugar about 10 times a day to keep that in check.

I would like to ask you a question, does your blood sugar go high when you start to vomit? Mine goes through the roof. All the doctors say it is because my body is in a stress mode so it releases all my sugar storage into my system but i just don't know. I can not eat for 3 or 4 days and my blood sugar will be 19.

I hope you find relief soon. Don't give up - I didn't and I am feeling much better these days.

i also just found out about this a couple of days again. my stomach only works at 27%. it has made me gain about 50 pounds in my stomach; i promise i look pregnant. it keeps moving up into my throat, and i have to sleep with my body raised because i feel like i am chocking, as far as i know there is no medicine to treat this, so i was told that we could have a fake stomach, i will do anything this is crazy. please if anyone knows of any meds please help answer this if u know the answer please? Thanks for helping. mlrssings to all.

I hope you get better soon, but you're probably really tired and sick of hearing that; I know I am and I've only been sick for 2 years.



I have really terrible gastroparesis too, I'm a teenager and I'm on my second year of no school, so I can relate. I have two things that work really well for me; first, I take amitriptyline for nausea and it really really helps me. I still have an incredible amount of nausea, but I vomit constanlty when I don't take it, and with it I don't throw up more than a couple times a month. My second suggestion is get rid of fat. I cut my fat back to a couple grams of fat a day and I was able to go to school for a couple days a week for a few 3-4 weeks before I got hit with a new pain in my abdomen and had to leave.



I really hope trying one of those things would work as well for you as it did for me. None of my doctors are really into the low fat, but it really really helps. Amitriptyline is an anti-depressant that you can take at a low dose for nausea, and everyone I've seen is pretty psycho about wanting to treat like that, but I was given mine by a different kind of doc and everyone else just says it's not their favorite to use.



I wish you a lot of luck! :(

Yea it's really a big drag. Have had GP for over five years and still haven't found the right treatment for me. I can sympathize with you because of the suffering I have been through with this condition. I am open to any new info on any developments on treatment or natural remedies.

I'm so sorry for everything you're going through. I can relate, but only partially. I have GP but also I have IBS and GERD. Its a terrible disease as I'm sure you know. Especially because it feels like there is nothing you can do about it.

So sorry, just saying, I understand.