First, Melody, you are on! And I'll eat anything and everything on it but olives (yuk!) ok?????? yum!!!

Dahlek - Gastroparesis can have different causes just like PN - idiopathic, gasatroparesis is a very common component in diabetes (which of course actually is autonomic), nerve damage such as PN (again autonomic) post infection or surgical, even those with who had eating disorders struggle with it as their bodies just stopped processing food correctly - my onset coincided with PN - and I show other other autonomic symtoms - so we know the cause.... testing for the disesase is usually very unplesant for the most part - and there arent many drugs to treat with or treatment options - so its a tough one.... I started after PN onset by noticing my normal "iron" stomach starting to keep me up nights literally - wake up in a sweat while my dinner laid there for the night (thats what happens, food just sits in your stomach) - causes of course weight loss, constant persistent nausea and more - spare ya there - its difficult to digest fat and fiber so those are the first foods that are cut... its deftinately a challenge to treat and also difficult to find a good GI doc that is knowledeable with it.....

Whew! Long answer!