I have a gastroparesis?

[cocoad1995]

does it affect your relationship with food, when I overeat for my condition when that happens is cause a lot of pain. But getting rid of the pain I use a a lot of stuff to get rid of the food. But I’m not trying to lose by doing that. Does that sound like afrid to you?

[sage2021]

I've had gastroparesis since 1999 - about 25 years.

I have learned the hard way that I can't eat the same amount of food like I did prior to getting gastroparesis. I still kept eating the same amount of food for many years, then suffer for doing that.

My abdomen gets so swollen and painful most of the time - like even today and all I had was a cup of coffee ☕ with milk and sugar in it and had to lay in bed and surgery in pain and no energy.

So, these days I eat the same thing every day. I have two chicken thighs and take off the breading and the skin, no salt either - about 5 bites of macaroni salad and Hawaiian fruit punch to drink.
If I eat 3 thighs, I suffer and have to lay down for hours, so it's not worth it to eat an extra thigh.

I also drink a bottle of a nutrition shake called Ensure to supplement what my food doesn't have to keep me healthy. I like the vanilla one.

This seems to be the perfect amount of food and the supplement shake have cut down on my pain and bloating.

[FunkyMonkee]

I have a Dodge mini-van.

[Anonymous]

Talk to a doctor.