Diabetic gastroparesis feeding tube
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I am a 36 year old female. I have been diagnosed with gastroparesis. I have had this diagnosis for over a year but I have not been able to find a doctor that will help me find the reason I have it. I am not Diabetic. I cannot take Reaglan and my doctor indicates that I don't have any other options. He has talked about putting a tube in my neck and feeding me that way. I don't want that. I have been throwing up and bad (almost daily) diareaha for over 2 years now. I am at my wits end.
ve been hospitalized over 20 times, and once was sent to Indianapolis to have my pancreas and gallbladder removed, and had a feeding tube placed bc i was severely under weight. I was there for about 2 weeks, and was absolutely miserable (I live in Louisiana by the way) and after I had this surgery it took me a long time to improve at all... But there is a surgery where they can place a gastric pacemaker to help trick the brain into thinking you are not nauseated...
I was diagnosed 2 years ago w/gastroparesis. I too was diagnosed as a diabetic when I was 6 years old. Im now 26. The road traveled down w/gastroparesis has not been an easy one. None of the meds have worked for me and I feel pretty ill most days. Not many people understand gastroparesis except for those going thru it also. I am now on social security disability because of it....I am just to ill with it.
I recently had a feeding tube placed for this disease that has gotten the best of me. I had a gastric pacemaker implanted last Aug. for one year it worked and I do not regreat getting it. But recently that stopped working and could eat at all so they place a perm feeding tube in. I am also not doing so well with that. I am looking into other options. I am so sorry for your daughter.
I also was diagnosed with gastricparesis back in Sept. 2006. I lost 20lbs in less than 2 months. I had a feeding tube inserted down my nose because I was so weak and also had a hard time getting out of bed. As soon as I would raise my head I would start vomitting. I vomitted the feeding tube up within an hour. I refused to have a longer one inserted. I went on a liquid diet. Soups, Carnation goodstart, SlimFast(the control hunger one) and shakes. I didn't vomit as much.
I do not have a feeding tube, but many POTSies who have feeding tubes have a GI disorder called gastroparesis. This is when the intestines and stomach move food too slowly and in severe cases the stomach can actually be paralyzed. The other reason I have heard for POTSies to get feeding tubes is because of extremely severe nausea and/or vomiting to the point where malnutrition sets in and severe weight loss occurs. Hope this helps!
She has been on almost every medication to help treat it had botox injection and still nothing works. She vomits any where from 10 to 15 times a day. She also has an NJ tube in nose for feeding nuitrents. But lately her vomiting has gotten worse plus it is so projectile when it happens. She sees a GI special list twice a month and all the tell us is to keep doing what were doing. Can anything else be done for her? I feel like my child is dying before my eyes.
I have been fortunate enough to do that and thank goodness I have had surgery 2xs since June 10 (adhesion removal and J tube (Feeding tube on 5\9\11)). I however, do not have perscription coverage or anyhelp in that way. However, there is always the option to contact the manufactures of particular meds and see if they will send them to you discounted or free of charge.
I have gastroparesis too, but I have non-diabetic gastroparesis so it is a little different for me. Is he on any medications to manage the gastroparesis (reglan, domperidone, erithromycin, etc.)? Is he eating a low-fiber, low-fat diet and eating multiple small meals every day? Is the problem that he can't get enough calories in because of nausea/vomitting or that he seems to be getting enough calories but he is still losing weight?
Welcome to the gastroenterology community! What symptoms are you having that make you feel like you have something else going on? I too have gastroparesis, and a lot of doctors don't understand that gastroparesis can cause pain. I am currently 100% J tube fed because of my gastroparesis so I understand how frustrating gastroparesis can be.
I am a 35 year old mother. I have been struggling with eating and drinking liquids for almost 3 months. I have been home a little over a week, after being discharged from a weeklong admission in a nearby hospital.
I was diagnosed with gastroparesis, most likely caused by a stomach virus. I have lost a little over 40 pounds and still unable to eat any foods at all. My doctors told me to make sure that I drink 1.5 L of liquid a day to maintain good kidney function.
gastroparesis is a life changing condition that is hard to cope with and vary little options on helping it, i would disscus options with your doctor and eat smaller portions of food by giving your stomach that extra time it needs to digest.
ve tried almost every medication out there to treat gastroparesis and nausea. I have a GJ feeding tube, a diverting ileostomy, and a tunneled IJ central line. I am currently TPN dependent, but I have had gastroparesis for 5 years now and I am about the same age as your daughter, and I have been on many different treatments from dietary changes to medications to tube feedings to TPN.
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i have diabetic gastroparesis for 4 years now without good treatment, am extremely nauseous whether i eat or not, have lost a lot of weight and i have malnutrition due to not eating well. sometimes i go for a month without ever eating. what medications or lifestyle changes should i make that could really help because am at home cant have a normal life? please help me.
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now after all that rambling i'll try to quicker get to my question.the GI doc say's i'm too young for this.and + i'm not even diabetic.but that is his firm diagnosis.ALL my docs,him included are baffled as to why do i have this....is there anyone else here at all with similar stuff as mine?anyone...???
and btw in little over a year b/c of this i have lost just about 100 pounds now....
The problem with it is that it can cause a lot of problems, and one of the big ones is dumping syndrome (basically the opposite of gastroparesis). Also depending on what caused your gastroparesis, it can actually cause more problems like nausea. For instance, my gastroparesis is caused by an autonomic neuropathy, so even though my stomach is the worst, my entire GI tract doesn't work well, so in my case, a pyloroplasty wouldn't be helpful. What medications have you tried?
15+ years as diabetic, 5 heart attacks (1 major 4 minor), gastroparesis (80% of stomach removed); she was on a dilaudid PCA pump at home with IV zofran also. She is between 60-65.
Are there any tests that can determine the level of brain damage?
Would another EEG do any use at this point?
Is there any way to tell how long this could last or if she can make a full recovery?
Are there any blood tests that can confirm anything at this point?
It's called diabetic diarrhea and it is caused by neuropathy. Gastroparesis is another symptom of diabetic neuropathy.
She has been diagnosed wiht GERD and gastroparesis. In the past she has been on a j tube but has now been put back on a g tube which is obviously easier to deal with when she pulls it out. My question is when she eats she appears to be choking but never really does choke. We have been to every dr imaginable and I am wondering do I just wait out the GERD and gastroparesis or do I put my little girl through more tests to a quesiton that may not have an answer except wait?
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