Right after Christmas last year I started getting sick. I would vommit early in the morning and couldn't eat anything until after lunch time. The sight and smell of food would make
me sick.I was throughing up everyday. At Christmas I weighed 155lbs. Mid January I weighed 125 lbs. That is alot of weight lost in a short amount of time. I had had enough and went to the doctor. The nurse practioner thought I had gallblader problems. I had an ultrasound done as well as a heitis(spelling?) scan done to make sure it was working right. Both tests came back normal. Nurse Practioner sent me to gallblader specialist. Specialist said right then that was not what was wrong. My stomach was as hard as a rock that day. He said it was either my stomach or intestines. Sent me to a gastroligist. First thing was X rays and CT scans. Then Endoscopic and Colonscopy. Nothing was found. Meanwhile I am still throughing up everyday. Next test was a nuclear gastro empting test. Thats where a guy in a lab coat makes you a nice cooked egg to taste, toast, gritts, and gelly breakfast. The eggs is radioactive. They test how long it takes that egg to travel through your stomach into your intestines. Thats where they found the problem. Diagnosis--->gastropersis. The muscle that grinds the food in my stomach no longer works. After 4 hours 79% of the food I eat is still in my stomach.
For most people its less than 20%. My stomach nolonger growls when I am hungry. I don't have hunger pains, I just get very weak very fast. I rarely get cravings for anything. I have to force myself to eat. Some days are better than others, but I am very depressed over this.
BTW this only affects women, and most have diabetes.It is very rare for someone who does not have diabetes to have this The only drug on the market that could help at the time was Reglan. That drug was just pulled from the market because it caused Parkinson's like side effects.
Fast forward to today. I have not gained much weight back. I am constantly sick. Three weeks ago I got the flu. In four days it turned into pneumonia. I just finished the meds last week when this week I got a cold/sinus infection. Doc says my immune system is just about non existent. Since feb 12 I have been to the doctor four times. I just want to feel good again.
I am sorry I have rambled on so long. I just don't have many people to talk to about this.
me sick.I was throughing up everyday. At Christmas I weighed 155lbs. Mid January I weighed 125 lbs. That is alot of weight lost in a short amount of time. I had had enough and went to the doctor. The nurse practioner thought I had gallblader problems. I had an ultrasound done as well as a heitis(spelling?) scan done to make sure it was working right. Both tests came back normal. Nurse Practioner sent me to gallblader specialist. Specialist said right then that was not what was wrong. My stomach was as hard as a rock that day. He said it was either my stomach or intestines. Sent me to a gastroligist. First thing was X rays and CT scans. Then Endoscopic and Colonscopy. Nothing was found. Meanwhile I am still throughing up everyday. Next test was a nuclear gastro empting test. Thats where a guy in a lab coat makes you a nice cooked egg to taste, toast, gritts, and gelly breakfast. The eggs is radioactive. They test how long it takes that egg to travel through your stomach into your intestines. Thats where they found the problem. Diagnosis--->gastropersis. The muscle that grinds the food in my stomach no longer works. After 4 hours 79% of the food I eat is still in my stomach.
For most people its less than 20%. My stomach nolonger growls when I am hungry. I don't have hunger pains, I just get very weak very fast. I rarely get cravings for anything. I have to force myself to eat. Some days are better than others, but I am very depressed over this.
BTW this only affects women, and most have diabetes.It is very rare for someone who does not have diabetes to have this The only drug on the market that could help at the time was Reglan. That drug was just pulled from the market because it caused Parkinson's like side effects.
Fast forward to today. I have not gained much weight back. I am constantly sick. Three weeks ago I got the flu. In four days it turned into pneumonia. I just finished the meds last week when this week I got a cold/sinus infection. Doc says my immune system is just about non existent. Since feb 12 I have been to the doctor four times. I just want to feel good again.
I am sorry I have rambled on so long. I just don't have many people to talk to about this.
