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Gastroparesis or slow modility colon
Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 20 3:15am | Replies (107)Comment receiving replies
My stomach has simply stopped moving, any time I try to eat or even exist it is the absolute worst pain.
Gas fills my intestines like a balloon and will not move for hours and hours of laying in agony, the gas pushes up and back out so anything that is in my stomach comes back up. I go to the ER, they do catscan and or x-ray and they find nothing and send me home in agony. I don't sleep but maybe a few hours at a time just to wake up to the pain, it does not stop all day. I had a sigmoidectomy and appendectomy that I believe is the culprit but my PCP and er just tell me they dont know and they are sorry.
I can no longer work, I have even tried a gofundme to get enough money to see the specialist again.
It's so bad there is no end of the rope, now I'm just sinking in the mud up to my nose.
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Hello there,
You poor thing. I have been experiencing a similar affliction for 3 years. 7 GI docs, numerous scans, MRI's, xrays, lab work--you name it......until, my original G.I. doc thought way out of the box, conferred with other docs across the country: he issued a mesenteric arterial ultrasound which yielded a unctional vascular issue. Saw a Vascular surgeon for 1st time, and in 2 days, I am having a nerve block. I have 2 surgeons in tow as Plans B & C if, after a few weeks, the nerve block doesn't work, surgery will be in order.
So for me, it is a functional issue in a Vascular sense. I suffer greatly, with much pain. I am also having "other" nerve issues affecting my walking, and general lower body. Ugh!
Good luck to you!
Beth
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Hi @zerotheancient, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You are struggling and taking the step to comment is one in a positive direction. Feeling miserable and not knowing what will help is difficult. Not impossible, but it is so difficult.
I have been where you are physically not able to be productive with no clear direction as to where to go, what to do next. It has been a long road with no magic pill or easy button. I have, however started feeling better, am gaining confidence and hope. I want the same for you!
You mention a primary care provider (PCP) that isn’t sure what is wrong, preliminary testing not showing problems, and previous abdominal surgeries probably contributing. I guess if it were me I would have another conversation with my PCP and flip thoughts around. Instead of “what is wrong” and feeling miserable for a while, and maybe not even finding that one answer perhaps asking what can I do today to improve my quality of life. Then, find out what has been ruled out by testing and what is next. You stay firm to agree with your doctor on your part and their part as next steps.
How can this group help you? Are you looking for a fix, general encouragement, troubleshooting, resources to help…..? Do you plan to talk to your PCP?