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Hi , I have mild Gastroparesis for 1 year ( gastric study) and I don’t eat after 3 pm if I want to be able to sleep like you. I eat chicken breast, French toast, 1/2 chicken breast sandwich with milk and light Aldi’s ice cream 4 grams fat every day. I had an Upper Endoscopy with Botox injection 4 cc in the pyloric valve, it made it worse for a few weeks. I had a Manometry test and a Barium Test with eating a sandwich. It showed I also have Esophogastric Junction Outflow Obstruction. I get GERD all the time, so unable to drink too much water or milk or food as it just sits in my stomach. I will try exercising more. I am going to NYU hospital in NYC ( top 5 hospital in the country) and Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC in May, as my 4 former Florida Gastroenterolgists only have offered dilation and Botox. I feel I deserve better, so I will continue to search out other opinions, tests and solutions. I recommend you researching other gastroenterologists specializing in motility disorders, even if you have to travel.

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interesting that the Botox injections made things worse.
There are two procedures you should look into - they only do them at specialty centers. i just changed my insurance so that i could see a doctor at one of these centers who does them. It is a pyloroplasty and a pyloromyotomy. The pyloroplasty is supposedly the #1 solution for gastroparesis. it is done laparoscopically (small incisions in the abdomen). the pyloromyotomy is less invasive - they do that endoscopically (like an upper scope - with a tube down your throat) however if you read up on the internet about it apparently it sometimes only lasts 1-3 years and then you have to have the pylorplasty after the fact. Most "regular gastroenterologists" won't be able to help you and for some reason they also don't tell you about these procedures. I was advised to "drink Ensure - you can live on it for the rest of your life"!!!!!!!!!!!! Really???? i found out about all the options by doing my own research. There is also a gastric implant - like a pacemaker called Enterra - which stimulates your stomach to contract. Try to find a big university center near where you live or google your state e.g. "pyloroplasty in Florida" or something like that. hope this is helpful