6th February 2008
Hello. What you are talking about is gastroparesis (GP), and it is NOT diagnosed at all with an endoscopy (you cannot eat food for that check as you will be sedated). You must have had a gastric-emptying scan. If not and you were diagnosed because of endoscopy (and as opposed to a "guess" - which does happen alot in gastrointestinal [GI] issues), go back and say "what gives?" That simply is not done.
I have nausea, bloating, burping all the time. It's technically "mild" GP (my half-time for getting rid of test meal was 110 minutes as opposed to 90; a little slow) as I don't throw up or anything like that, but it's pretty constant. Right now it's exacerbated because I'm 9mos pregnant (which causes temporary GP also - although they never refer to it that way)!
You did not say how long you've tried small meals, or if you're on any kind of medication for GI issues.
You cannot expect anything GI to resolve quickly trying anything, be it medication or lifestyle changes. (In this case, it's not resolving GP so much, as just the symptoms of nausea.) The GI system needs to be in service every single day and can get no real rest unlike with most other medical problems, so as a rule relieving symptoms takes time. Consider yourself really lucky if you feel better in a few weeks!
Anyway, if you've not done things for over a month, don't expect much. Keep at it. Your nausea can be caused by the GP keeping acid in your stomach - AND rotting food - too long and thus, literally hurting the tummy lining. Tummy aches that deep-seated can take a long time to "heal".
I would expect at least that you would be taking PPIs or some kind of acid-reducing medication regularly, as well as being told to lessen your meals and spread them out (which is hard to do, if you ask me). And if you really were diagnosed with GP, I'd expect you'd soon be trying 1 of the few medications allowed for GP. Most prominent now is Reglan; in fact, I think it's the only current medication on the US FDA-approved list. Unfortunately, most of the others have been pulled and the most famous around the world, Motilium, has never been submitted here for approval. It's ironic, because Reglan is infamous for causing all kinds of nerve-related issues in many patients (for me, it was serious pounding and skipping heart after 1 week use). But it's worth a try if it helps you without causing those effects.
Anyway, I'm blathering on. Hope this gave some insight.
I have nausea, bloating, burping all the time. It's technically "mild" GP (my half-time for getting rid of test meal was 110 minutes as opposed to 90; a little slow) as I don't throw up or anything like that, but it's pretty constant. Right now it's exacerbated because I'm 9mos pregnant (which causes temporary GP also - although they never refer to it that way)!
You did not say how long you've tried small meals, or if you're on any kind of medication for GI issues.
You cannot expect anything GI to resolve quickly trying anything, be it medication or lifestyle changes. (In this case, it's not resolving GP so much, as just the symptoms of nausea.) The GI system needs to be in service every single day and can get no real rest unlike with most other medical problems, so as a rule relieving symptoms takes time. Consider yourself really lucky if you feel better in a few weeks!
Anyway, if you've not done things for over a month, don't expect much. Keep at it. Your nausea can be caused by the GP keeping acid in your stomach - AND rotting food - too long and thus, literally hurting the tummy lining. Tummy aches that deep-seated can take a long time to "heal".
I would expect at least that you would be taking PPIs or some kind of acid-reducing medication regularly, as well as being told to lessen your meals and spread them out (which is hard to do, if you ask me). And if you really were diagnosed with GP, I'd expect you'd soon be trying 1 of the few medications allowed for GP. Most prominent now is Reglan; in fact, I think it's the only current medication on the US FDA-approved list. Unfortunately, most of the others have been pulled and the most famous around the world, Motilium, has never been submitted here for approval. It's ironic, because Reglan is infamous for causing all kinds of nerve-related issues in many patients (for me, it was serious pounding and skipping heart after 1 week use). But it's worth a try if it helps you without causing those effects.
Anyway, I'm blathering on. Hope this gave some insight.