Gastroparesis
#257076 - 04/08/06 06:06 AM
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I am IBS C with sever bloating. My doctor is having me take a gastric emptying test to check for Gastroparesis Anybody else ever have that done?
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Yep. It's not that bad. You eat a meal with radioactive dye cooked in it. They take picture of your tummy on a timetable. No pain. Pretty easy. I have gastroparesis. They wanted me to do more drugs. I'm instead opting for a low residue diet which seems to be working and I've had much less symptoms because of that. But perhaps the drugs will be right for you (should you have it).
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What is gastroparesis?
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I hope I have ! If I do, at leat I'll know and it can be treated.
Gastroparesis is when your stomache empties out slowly because the muscles don't contract properly
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Re: Gastroparesis
#257188 - 04/09/06 05:45 AM
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This is has come up on the Diet Board before - there have been one or two posters who were diagnosed with it - so if you do a Search with no time limit you can see what other people have said about it.
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I've never had a gastroparesis test before, but I've had a barium test, which sounds very similar, except all you have to do is drink barium and watch it go down on an x-ray. It took over twelve hours to get to my large intestine, but that's besides the point.
Hope this helps, though! 
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