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Why? Doctor doesn't seem concerned
So I saw my Gastro 2 weeks ago and told him I couldn't hold down food. I can drink fluids and hold them down / intake very slowly.
2 years ago I had a total Colectomy W/ Jpouch
Just a little background.
Anyways. He ordered a gastric empty test and showed these results. 93 % at 1 hour (normal 30- 90%)
66 % at 2 hours (normal < 60%)
40 % at 3 hours (normal < 30%)
17 % at 4 hours (normal < 10%)
But he doesn't seem concerned " Nurse called and told me he wanted to discuss at my next appointment which is 2 weeks away. ? So I'm the meantime No medication to help? No diet restrictions? No medical advice at all?
This test indicates gastroparosis . Am I wrong ? Am I missing something. I just want to make sure I am in the right before making a big deal of something.
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You definitely have to be your OWN health care advocate. My husband’s doctor wasn’t concerned ( but I WAS,) about my husbands scans and elevated cancer markers and I had to INSIST on a Pet Scan rather than the CT Scans he had been sending him for. Got the awful news last week that his cancer appears to have metastasized to his liver and he has 6 months to live. I should not have ASKED for the Pet Scan at our prior visits, I should have insisted! You do whatever you need to do to MAKE your doctor seem concerned!!