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Old 12-27-2007, 06:08 PM
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HI Mel

I have gastroparesis, like kmeb....if you have eggs as you suggested...they sit in your stomach for hours, you feel bloated, you might puke...and your blood pressure may take a dive. I have lived on Boost or Ensure for months at a time, at different points in time.

I am doing pretty well right now....knock on wood.

I take erythromycin before meals to make my stomach contract to get the food to go down. This happens from small fiber damage, it is what is called autonomic neuropathy. I go thru periods where all I can get down is fluids or soft....right now, I can tolerate solids, but it never lasts long, and I am back to mushy. I never know.

The other thing is, food gets stuck in the esophagus, or the bowels....if stuck in the bowels, it causes havoc with your entire autonomic system and yes, can cause even migraine like headaches, dizziness, puking, lethargy, low blood pressure, pain...ugh. kmeb can probably elaborate more if I didnt give the whole picture. Your GI system is literally the body's 'second brain'. That colon has to be kept moving!!
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