I'm curious what you are eating for your gastroparesis. I also have delayed gastric emptying, but not a severe case. My doctor thinks it was caused by my years of anorexia.
Anyhow, I was told to eat whatever I want. Now, I have read on my own that fiber is not recommended for gastroparesis, but it is recommended for IBS! Especially in the form of a Soluble Fiber Supplement. So, I don't know how to incorporated this IBS diet with my gastroparesis. 
I am also IBS-C (constipated) and thought that fiber would be very helpful for the constipation. I was never told that insoluble fiber was worse for gastroparesis than soluble fiber was. I thought they were both discouraged for gastroparesis. But since I am constipated, I try to get as much insoluble fiber in that I can in the form of cream of brown rice cereal with flax, cooked nectarines and plums for breakfast, low fat potato chips or cornmeal cereal, millet cereal, millet and flax bread, white rice breads, cooked quinoa and millet, baked apples, cooked zucchini, spinach, carrots, green beans, squash, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, blueberries, etc...
I do not take a SFS even though this diet recommends it. But if I do not eat fiber in my diet, especially insoluble fiber, I would be even more constipated than I already am.
So, what did your doctor recommend to eat for your gastroparesis? It doesn't sound like it is helping your constipation. Have you ever tried eating more insoluble fiber? What happens?
Do you have a severe case of gastroparesis? I'm assuming that it is caused by your diabetes. You must have juvenile diabetes, right?
You say you don't eat meat, but can you have the chicken, fish, and egg whites that are allowed on this diet? That would give you some protein. And quinoa is a complete protein grain which is soluble fiber, so I would recommend that as well.
Is there any chance that if you started eating more, your gastroparesis would lessen as it gets used to having food in your system? I would hate to have to eat my calories in liquids for the rest of my life. I hope my situation does'nt come to that point. I am hoping that over time, with food in my system, my body will begin to function correctly again and start emtying normally. Do you think this might be possible?
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~ Beth
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