I’m Paula. I was diagnosed with gastropresis in December of 2016. I’ve had Botox on my vagus nerve but that only helped temporarily. I’m seeing my GI doctor soon and we’re looking at either pyloroplasty or G-POEM as a next step. Hopefully it’s the G-POEM because that’s less invasive but I’m told it can be hard to find a surgeon trained in G-POEM.
I’m a wife, married 31 years. I have two sons, ages 31 & 24.
Hello. I am fairly new to this diagnosis. Finally was referred to a good gp last year that had me tested for gastroparesis with the food delay study. I always thought it was gerd but it was more. I have been able to be asymptomatic at times and other months I can’t feel good no matter what. Exercise really helps but it’s hard to stay motivated to stay with it. I’m 53 and they said they don’t know how I got it but I did. Not diabetic. I am married with 5 kids and 2 grandkids.
Hello, my name is Joy, I will be 50 this year. I am a single mother with 4 kids (1 still at home) and 2 grandkids. I am fairly new to this diagnosis. August of last year I was tested for gastroparesis with the food delay study. I have been having issues with my stomach bloating every time I ate, people would consistently ask me when I was due with my baby (I am not pregnant). I would feel so uncomfortable and nauseous when I ate, I also live with fatigue. So I was sent for a Gastrointestinal Edoscopy surgery and the doctor noticed I still had a medium amount of food in my stomach and I hadn’t eaten for over 14hrs.
Hi my name is Tiffany Kimsey, here is my story of being diagnosed with GP.
It started back in 2014 when my brother in law noticed I was losing weight like crazy. He said something to my sister. We thought it might be to the change that I went through. In September of 2013 I moved in with them. I continued to lose weight. My PCP decided to check me for diabetes by the grace of god that was negative. In January of 2016 I ended up in the emergency with horrible stomach pains. They couldn’t find anything wrong so they sent me home and told me that if it got worse to come back, so by that weekend I was worse. So back to the emergency room I went, they did find out that my colon was infected so I was put on antibiotics. Buy this time I was still loosing weight. My nurse practitioner told me that she wanted me to get tested for Gastroparsis, so I did. In April of 2017 I got the final diagnosis of GP.
This has not been an easy road for me. In the last five months I ended up having my galblabber removed. I am really blessed that I don’t have it bad. I don’t have any pics of me before the diagnosis to now.
I suffer with severe gastritis. I am on a very strong stomach tablet and 3 sickness tablets a day. My stomach is red raw
and has scars from where its been bleeding. I was told from the stomach samples took, it is severely burned.
I have tried all stomach tablets but my condition keeps getting worse. Anemia I have bad from bleeding in the stomach and bowel. I also have a chronic slow transit and my bowel stopped working too. Had major surgery 4 years ago, going in soon for another major bowel surgery.
Feeling sick no matter if I eat or don’t eat 24/7. I was told my stomach was covered in a thick cream looking. They asked had I been eating or took my pills before it, no. They told me after it is because my stomach is so severely burned and a nasty form of gastritis.
I have had a lot of different health problems and doctors have learned from me lots of things they didn’t before. Like they say I can never have something normal, it’s new to them or I have 3 problems going on at the same time. In all I live with 50 chronic and complex health problems. Admin on Facebook as well.