throat and gut my cure hopefully????????????????

[pauluk60]

hi peeps maybe this is not the place but may help someone but will need docs approval i suffer badly with gastropareisis slow emptying of stomach also throat probs and chuck in constipation for a near full house point that i am trying to say is i take Tramadol for o/a only when in dire need but last time needed to take also found it was like a cure for throat and gut as throat no longer sore could swallow food without sticking gut was not swollen i can only say i could not believe it the only spoiler was the constipation got worse so i have eased off to two tabs a day and it still seems to be helping me i know i am in r/a room and peeps dont have Tramadol to hand but this as helped me so much i cant believe it no feeling of being sick/bloated after two spoonful food i think it needed to said please tell me what your thoughts are good or bad

[helixhelix]

I hate Tramadol, for the mental effects but it also makes me so constipated that it’s hardly worth it!

[pauluk60 in reply to helixhelix]

mental seems to me ok constipation i agree but as said only taking 2 a day so hopefully should be ok

[happytulip]

Metaclopramide is used to assist gastric emptying. I suffer with gastroperisis, swallow problems and constipation. I've often looked about 8 months pregnant for weeks on end.

The three things that helped me alot was metaclopramide, a low FODMAP diet. I cannot emphasise enough how switching to a low FODMAP diet helped and I already had a good diet, and excersise.

I also take laxido if needed.

But if gastroperisis is a problem then you need to stimulate the gut and metaclopramide will be a drug that could potentially help.

My gastroperisis is a result of EDS and ANS failure secondary to lupus.

I hope some of that helps.

[pauluk60 in reply to happytulip]

tried it never did a thing was was still sick and consulton put me on antibiotics erythromycin which i am still wonder why did nowt gastro caused by db2 so they say

[Lizard28 in reply to pauluk60]

I have gastroparesis, I can’t take erythromycin unfortunately, I take domperidone. I guess everyone is different, it’s trial and error really, eating small meals often, that suits me as I’m a grazer. Told to cut down in fibre and many vegetables, it’s a difficult diet to follow, I have many allergic reactions to food so have to be very careful what I eat, I’m so glad I can eat cake, my saviour, miss brown bread though. If your erythromycin not working you should ask to be changed to another med.

[pauluk60 in reply to Lizard28]

hi liz they put me on domperidone did nothing for me i find the emptier i am the better i use a wizzer to make meals easier to eat bread can be a problem causer so just a round of white danish but i must say that the tramadol tablets are a god send when feeling choked up/bloated i dont think their on any list of remedies but its helping me 100% so far i cant believe it i have read that antidepressants have an effect on tummy that helps

[Lizard28 in reply to pauluk60]

I say whatever works for you Paul, I find all the gastroenterologists I’ve had have not been been helpful, I was referred back to my GP and discharged after my GES test with a prescription for erythromycin which I couldn’t discuss with him so had to tell my doctor I can’t take that. I also got a leaflet in the post advising me what not to eat. I also take cyclizine which works for me. Best wishes

[pauluk60 in reply to Lizard28]

hi liz same with me its hard to get anyone interested dietitian had a funny do when i told her what i had didn't know about it kept trying to tell me i must eat more fiber consultant put me on a/bs for life that was it there 2 good sites that i go for diet info both nhs one is st helens and knowsley gastroparesis diet plan another is Huddersfield and calderdale gastropareisis diet plan i found them helpful

[Lizard28 in reply to pauluk60]

I agree, my GP told me to eat porridge in the morning, 🙄 I told her that fibre is harder to digest and stays longer in the stomach. The problem with me is the only protein I can eat is meat, I’m allergic to fish and poultry which makes meals harder to plan. They advise you to try and keep off meat. I have never been offered to go to a dietician but I know what I can eat and what I can’t. I found a soup recipe from the gastroparesis site, I can’t eat lentils so this soup suited me. My husband hates it, his fave is a thick lentil, but that would make me sick. The biggest worry for me is eating out which isn’t a problem just now or even going to friends houses, I feel like I’m being so fussy as a lot of people don’t understand this diagnosis. I hate when they say “is that all your eating” 😬

[pauluk60 in reply to Lizard28]

liz i know the feelings had them all somedays a pea will b to much and you sit there hoping it will go down and not up luckily not happend outside as of yet sometimes use diet coke/Pepsi to help they say not but it helps it takes about 4/6 cans but boy is it worth it they used to promote use of coke to break bezoars up in stomach undigested food rolls up makes a ball that you cant get rid of it well we will have to have a party and see who can eat the least i could eat for England when i came back from pub and then have a plate of sarnies makes feel ill thinking about it now those were the days 10 plus pints fish and chips and peas take away 4/5 rounds of buttered bread wow and work next day arghhhhhhhhhhh all a distant memory now well back to me bowl of watery of soup i use old kids nursery bowl to make it look more i do go on sos