CathyA
10-18-11, 11:50am
I have a major doctor/test phobia, so I'm really trying to work this out on my own.
I know many of you will think "Just go to the damn doctor".......but that won't help me at all right now.
I think I have an eating disorder/or some kind of biochemistry that makes me constantly hungry. Always have been. There have been times in my life when it all went away and I was happy and healthy. But the bad stuff always returns. I think I have worn out my GI tract. I'm trying to be kind to myself and not beat myself up for overeating for so many years. At least I haven't gained any weight in many years, but am still overweight.
I've had alot of strange problems throughout my life, but they really worsened after severe influenza and pneumonia in l995, after which time I went through perimenopause, which just added to the fun.
I developed GERD and IBS during that time. But in the past 5 years, I have been doing really well, with calcium controlling both the IBS and the GERD.
I don't eat horrible things. I eat tons of veggies. But I eat constantly, never giving my GI tract any down time. Plus, I'm a sugar addict. I mean that seriously.
Last Saturday we went to a chinese buffet (go almost every saturday). Of course, I overate, and I ate tons of broccoli, thinking that was good for me.
After that, I seemed to go into a gastroparesis episode. I blew up like a blimp and burped constantly. I believe my GI tract just plain stopped. It still feels bloated a week later.
In restrospect, I've had this happen occasionally since I was in my 20's.
Of course, I've backed off alot of food, especially carbs. I've added slippery elm and aloe vera juice. I'm doing more abdomen-strengthening exercises.
I've read that most Vagus nerve injuries are caused by diabetes or being cut during stomach surgery. I have neither. But again in retrospect, I have alot of injured-Vagus symptoms............speeding heartrate (now controlled with a beta blocker), irregular heartbeats, and the GI motility problems.
Several years ago I spent 7 months sleeping upright in a chair because of what now I know was gastroparesis. I also know that my female hormones irritate my GI tract too.
If this continues, I will go to the GI doc. But for now, I'm trying to help myself out. I do believe I have diverticula that are getting irritated. You're supposed to eat lots of fiber for those...........but definitely not for gastroparesis. So I'm sort of between a rock and another rock.
I'm eating alot less during the day and alot less during meals.
I know several of you have GI problems. Anyone with Gastroparesis?
Anyone with a damaged Vagus nerve? I've heard both sides......that it is possible to slowly heal the Vagus nerve, and also its impossible to heal it.
Its bad enough to feel this bad, but then to add a doctor/test phobia onto it, well, its just no fun at all. :(
I know many of you will think "Just go to the damn doctor".......but that won't help me at all right now.
I think I have an eating disorder/or some kind of biochemistry that makes me constantly hungry. Always have been. There have been times in my life when it all went away and I was happy and healthy. But the bad stuff always returns. I think I have worn out my GI tract. I'm trying to be kind to myself and not beat myself up for overeating for so many years. At least I haven't gained any weight in many years, but am still overweight.
I've had alot of strange problems throughout my life, but they really worsened after severe influenza and pneumonia in l995, after which time I went through perimenopause, which just added to the fun.
I developed GERD and IBS during that time. But in the past 5 years, I have been doing really well, with calcium controlling both the IBS and the GERD.
I don't eat horrible things. I eat tons of veggies. But I eat constantly, never giving my GI tract any down time. Plus, I'm a sugar addict. I mean that seriously.
Last Saturday we went to a chinese buffet (go almost every saturday). Of course, I overate, and I ate tons of broccoli, thinking that was good for me.
After that, I seemed to go into a gastroparesis episode. I blew up like a blimp and burped constantly. I believe my GI tract just plain stopped. It still feels bloated a week later.
In restrospect, I've had this happen occasionally since I was in my 20's.
Of course, I've backed off alot of food, especially carbs. I've added slippery elm and aloe vera juice. I'm doing more abdomen-strengthening exercises.
I've read that most Vagus nerve injuries are caused by diabetes or being cut during stomach surgery. I have neither. But again in retrospect, I have alot of injured-Vagus symptoms............speeding heartrate (now controlled with a beta blocker), irregular heartbeats, and the GI motility problems.
Several years ago I spent 7 months sleeping upright in a chair because of what now I know was gastroparesis. I also know that my female hormones irritate my GI tract too.
If this continues, I will go to the GI doc. But for now, I'm trying to help myself out. I do believe I have diverticula that are getting irritated. You're supposed to eat lots of fiber for those...........but definitely not for gastroparesis. So I'm sort of between a rock and another rock.
I'm eating alot less during the day and alot less during meals.
I know several of you have GI problems. Anyone with Gastroparesis?
Anyone with a damaged Vagus nerve? I've heard both sides......that it is possible to slowly heal the Vagus nerve, and also its impossible to heal it.
Its bad enough to feel this bad, but then to add a doctor/test phobia onto it, well, its just no fun at all. :(