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Slow motility after Choledochojejunostomy surgery...what to do next?
I had this GI surgery back in late '19. Seemed to help for the first year, then started having periods of constipation that would really...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 13, 2024
Chronic esophagitis: Has omeprazole stopped working for anyone?
I was diagnosed with mild chronic reflux esophagitis LA grade A after an endoscopy about 2 years ago, when I was 51. For at least...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Nov 14, 2024
Stool consistency while on vancomycin and its significance
I apologize up front if this is not the right “board” to ask this question, but can anyone share with me what I should expect...
Support Group: Infectious Diseases
Last active: Dec 9, 2024
Is it Diverticulitis or IBS?
I had gallbladder surgery 6 WEEKS ago. Things seem OK. But my stool has totally changed in past 6 MONTHS. Have been extremely regular always...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 6 4:13pm
Ozempic or wegovy for weight loss during or after cancer treatment?
I need to lose some weight! Technically I am obese having been slim all my life. My cancer treatment for stage 4 appendix cancer has...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Sep 9, 2024
Thinking I Have Malabsorption
Hope someone could shed some light on this. All I’m told is I have anxiety and depression. Which I do for years. Constant heat in...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Aug 27 11:49am
Gastroparesis worse after Ozempic
I've had Gastroparesis since my early 20s. I have a lot of neurological and muscle issues. I also have so much going on GI wise...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jun 6, 2024
Candidas overgrowth
I was told I had it last year after it appears all over my skin. I asked my dermatologist what I can do to be...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Dec 13, 2024
Functional dyspepsia
Hi everyone,Really happy to be joining this community!In 2013 I started experiencing symptoms of chronic dyspepsia as well as early fullness. Constantly feel discomfort in...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Mar 15, 2024
Pain in my left side of my abdomen, fatigue, bowel issues
Hello,For the past month I have been getting dull pain in my left side of my abdomen that lasts for 6+ hours. This pain usually...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Apr 12, 2023
Digestive Health issues or Women Health issues?
I am 53-year-old Black woman Dx w/ Graves Disease (hyPERthyroidism) in 1999. I was Dx w/ uterine fibroids around a year before or the same...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: May 8, 2017
Don’t know what it is
61 year old female ( never had stomach issues before) Type II Diabetic (have brought my A1C down to 6.0 - but still on Metformin)...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 9, 2023
IBS challenges
Hi .... I don't think there's a group for this, so I thought I'd try you all. I have been prone to IBS with constipation...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: May 23, 2018
New symptoms : pain, lost appetite, nausea, weight loss, excess saliva
Hi, am new here, looking for answers because I know something isn't right, even though all test results come back as "normal". I was diagnosed...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Mar 19, 2023
Chronic bowel problems, Magnesium and Side effects
Hi all. I am new to this forum so I hope it's okay to first do a short introduction.I am in my fifties and single...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jun 21, 2019
Rectal pain and diet post right hemicolectomy
I had a right hemicolectomy in mid March not due to cancer but rather a negative outcome of a colonoscopy. I was in perfect health...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Mar 28, 2022
Post cecopexy
It’s been 7 years since my cecopexy. The first couple of years I felt quite well. I had suffered from constipation, bloating, cramping and Auden...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jun 27 12:14pm
Question for my husband about gastric issues
Since my husband & I had Covid in August, and finished Paxlovid 5 day treatment on August 26th, he has lost 30 lbs., and has...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Nov 8, 2023
Gastroparesis or slow modility colon
I was diagnosed with gastroparesis with one doctor and he sent me to a bigger university for a pacemaker. The next university said it was...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 13, 2024
Have you successfully treated SIBO?
A common story- decades-long GI problems, consulted MD's, GI specialists, others, to no avail. Reactions from "nothing is wrong" to "no idea." Original symptoms major...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: 3 days ago