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Gastroparesis or slow modility colon
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 13 8:40pm | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Hello @teresabarton and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I can understand your frustration. Having one doctor giving you a diagnosis of gastroparesis and then another doctor not agreeing with that must be confusing. As mentioned by @sallyw133, another opinion might be a good plan. Also, as @cpd54 mentioned diet, liquids and exercise are important things to add to your daily routine.
I have what's called, slow transit constipation. I have many (but not all) of the symptoms you mentioned. After reading many of the comments of others who have gastroparesis, I've discovered that a low residue diet has worked well for me. In addition to a low residue diet, I also have a probiotic daily, and take Miralax, twice daily and a Colace at night.
Slow motility can be caused by many factors such as neurological conditions, surgeries of the digestive tract, diabetes, etc. My problems resulted from several surgeries of the digestive tract. Do you know the cause of your motility problems?
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Teresa-I was about to post my situation here, but read your reply to this post and wanted to talk more with you. I have had many procedures done after I had my gallbladder removed 10 years ago. Sphincter of oddi dysfunction intially, with 8-9 ERCP's performed with stents. In '19 I had the major surgery performed due to excessive bile build up in my stomach-the bile duct was detached from the stomach and reattached to the small intestine. I now go through periods of stool build up in my system that mimic what this person describes...even the pain radiating into the back. Every CT scan I have when I have an episode shows stool build up even when the scan was done after taking Linzess. Colonic cleanses have helped me the most, but I just cycle through this way too often at age 60. Have you ever heard of success
with the implant that helps to contract the muscles in the GI tract to prevent this slow motility?