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What can I do when in a gastroparesis flare?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 15, 2022 | Replies (66)

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@brendaharvey

Like you, my travels has come to a complete stop as have most of my activities!!!
My daughter and I had made wonderful trips to France, Italy,
Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Alaska and Hawait and some trips here in the USA.
She leaves for Greece on Aug 30 without me!
I can’t go to church dinners nor cookouts.
I usually have 2 days out of 14 without pain!!!!
There must be help somewhere!!!

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@brendaharvey I can relate! Although I have other chronic illnesses and can't travel, I have about one week out of four where I feel less nauseated and less full and actually heat a few foods more substantial than Boost, baby food, applesauce, etc.

There's conflict between a diabetic diet limiting carbs and increasing fiber with a vegetarian renal diet (eggs but no meat, very limited dairy with a gastroparesis diet and I only can get in 6 small meals and 6 snacks a day and yet the recommendations for a GP diet say no grazing. If 3 m3als and 3 snacks aren't grazing, then what are they? LOL

The low fiber gastro diet causes constipation, too.

I'm still overweight but when gastroparesis started I lost 50 lbs in 4 months and have been losing slowly ever since because I can't eat enough and I'm exhausted and weak.

PCP is very helpful but local GI people not so much. I'm definitely not suicidal but some days I'm so nauseated and weak I just want to stay in bed until I can peacefully pass away.

OK, rant over. Gentle hugs to you!