Gastroparesis with severe symptoms!

Hi y’all! @mayorocks I loved your comment “I am trying to find foods I don’t have to cook...”. That is so me! I don’t like to cook.
Here are my no-cooking-needed staples: unsalted tops Premium saltine crackers, hint of salt Ritz crackers, Jackson vanilla wafers, watermelon, honeydew melon, peaches in 100% fruit juice, unsweetened applesauce, bananas, Natural Jif creamy peanut butter, white bread, strawberry Outshine Bars, Rice Krispies, iceberg lettuce with Marzetti ranch dressing, Aunt Nellie’s sliced pickled beets ( I know that’s weird but I’ve always liked beets in my salad!)

If you don’t have to limit salt like I do, you could have cheese and other dairy. I miss cheese!

I do cook a little bit. Quaker Quick 1-minute Oats, deviled eggs, Eggo waffles (if you have to put it in a toaster I call that cooking!)
I also steam some vegetables. I really miss all the vegetables I used to eat! So I started steaming vegetables to death to see if it would change them from being fibrous to being mushy!
My favorite steamed veggie combo is sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts — weird again I know! I steam them to death and then add butter! And then my house stinks for days!
I tried to steam broccoli to death too — but I could not remove the fibrous texture no matter how long I steamed it.
Praying that your colonoscopy and endoscopy go well @mayorocks — that the diagnosis is not as serious as you fear.

good luck at Mayo. Hope you will share your what you learn and your opinions on treatment there.

thanks for good wishes and ideas for food. You encourage me to try watermelon, which I figured i would have to give up. I consider it cooking if it dirties any dishes. I heat eggo waffles and "french toast" on aluminum foil in oven for 6+ min. on bake at 375 degrees. I eat maple syrup or jelly with them. Maybe I will try steaming some summer squash and other things since food won't stick as much maybe. Or maybe I have 2 things to wash instead of one. I used to peel and cook bartlett pears when I was having bad reflux. Glad to hear you tolerated pickled beets. I will try as I like most pickled things.

Thanks. It was beef with veg. chunky campbells that still gave me belches. I find the little canned stuff i have tried isn't cooked as long as I need or something. will try one you recommend.

I LOVED VE Brussels Sprouts but thought they were NO NO’s. I’m live no on smoothies still

@downtowntiger I thought the same thing about Brussels sprouts. My dietician said the high heat from steaming should help break down the fibrous part of veggies. And it definitely does for Brussels sprouts! And for cabbage! But sadly not for broccoli.

And this is by steaming stove top with boiling water. It makes a Brussels sprout almost melt in your mouth! I don’t get the same results steaming in the microwave. Now that it’s summertime I’m going to buy an electric steamer and try that. The boiling water in the kitchen was fine when the weather was cold — too hot now!

@mayorocks When you try that watermelon make sure you remove all those tiny light colored seeds too. We Gastroparesis peeps can’t have seeds or nuts! ( Another thing I miss a lot! Almonds!)
And I wonder if you should scrape those seeds out of the summer squash before you steam it.

Thanks!

I was diagnosed with that several years ago. My symptoms are alot like yours. But I have other conditions as well including fibro. I had not idea that caused those symptoms. I just attributed it to other causes. Do u have short of breath with that as well?
Like its all up in the top of your stomach and u cant breath good?

My gastric emptying study showed I retained only 15% after 3 hours and was empty at 4 hours. I have had GERD for five yrs. I have chest pain in my sternum. I have one dr saying gastroparesis and 2 saying severe GERD. I do great until about 5 pm when I have a wave of nausea. Lost my appetite! I’m eating bland and no caffeine. It feels like a heart attack. I just try to calm down. God bless you-are you on meds?