Gastroparesis - My Best Tips to Manage And Live With It

Where you diagnosed with Gastrparesis and find it difficult to eat? Do you find Gastroparesis difficult to manage or live with?

In this video, I discuss what Gastroparesis is and offer some of my best tips on how to manage and live with Gastroparesis! I discuss how many meals you should eat in a day, when to stop eating for the day, how big the meals should be, how to prepare foods so they are easier to digest, and how to eat them. If you are diabetic, it is important to watch this video because I discuss how additional steps need to be taken if you have gastroparesis.

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DISCLAIMER: While I am a Gastroenterologist, I am not acting as your Gastroenterologist. The information provided on this channel is intended to be general educational content and not directed towards any one individual. If you believe you have a medical condition that deserves attention please seek care from your healthcare provider. If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency, call 911.

[mr.devil]

This is seriously depressed to live with. I've always ate healthy, exercised and get rest. People treat themselves like absolute garbage and get away with more it's just not fair man. I'm not even 30 yet 😔🥴

[carolkennedy]

Something you left out is that it can be EXTREMELY PAINFUL. I have delayed digestion with liquids as well so I have to drink small amounts all day. I do not have diabetes. It can be idiopathic and also caused from previous abdominal surgeries.
Thank you for keeping people aware this exists!
We get a bad rep because we don’t always “look sick”
Mine also involves migraines as well.
It’s a very debilitating disease.

[AustinTheWeenieTickler]

I am 14 and got diagnosed with mild gastroparesis today. All I can say is thank you to the doctors who believed me when I sobbed in pain, my mom never believed me even though she’s a professional nurse and my dad told me it was all in my head and that it was just anxiety. I hate this so much

[fredacharbel]

Yes definitely works. And one thing I have learned that to go small even when consuming liquid foods and drinking water. Thank you so much for helping us understand it.

[taliamartins]

I got very sick at 17 and I developed gastro paresis and some other chronic illnesses and I will say that gastro paresis is the worst one

[agreeablegraylife]

I fast a lot. A lot. Just reached out to a dietician for hopefully some help to at least get 1000 calories per day. So frustrating. Always on the edge of hunger, because at leasr hunger is "safe" pain. Not really, but some days, it's better for me to spend the day light headed and hungry than on the edge of nausea, constipation and diarrhea.

[rayezzs]

I got diagnosed in 2022, got it after getting very dehydrated after getting sick from covid and eventually got a blood clot. I was only 17. Now I can't even eat dairy without my body rejecting it. I can't even digest it. I avoid raw veggies and beef products because it gives me horrible stomach cramps. I also have lost a lot of confidence because I lost a lot of weight. I used to eat a full meal usually have seconds and not feel full. Now I can't even finish a plate of small portions without feeling incredibly full. I still am getting used to it, I've only lived with it for two years. But some days ared definitely better than others

[pierogiprincess]

Ice chips help alot!! I cant drink even water without getting nauseous but ice chips always help!! Hopefully this helps some people. I know how depressing and exhausting gastroparesis is

[sonyad]

I was born with Gastroschisis and this is the diet I was recommended- really sucks to have to be in and out of the hospital in my 20s with an NG tube

[drinagonzales]

Ive been following all you stated for the past month now since being diagnosed with gastropresis. It took a year and many mis diagnosis but now i am learning to better treat it 🙏🏻🙏🏻 this is the worst thing to live with

[WeepingWidowSueAna]

This condition is truly horrible. I have been dealing with it since 1997 and it has gotten much worse over the last 10 years. I can't even drink a smoothie now because even smoothies cause severe bloating.

[SlackHoffman]

Paralysed Stomach !! Gastroparesis ……I’ve had this since 2000 and it hellish !! Best thing to do is to work on stomach muscles, firm up the pelvic floor, and follow the correct diet …….try to lessen the use of motility drugs firstly by eating the right foods and keeping your health in check !!
It’s a hard journey but keep at it and don’t give up 💪👊✊🙏😎🌺

[idilsaid]

As someone with Gastroparesis it’s so depressing and unfair to live with this condition. In august 20th was the day i was diagnosed with it and i was one tpn ( total parental nutrition ) which is nutrition trough IV. I got really sick after graduating from «  respiratory therapist «  in jun all of the sudden my health went downhill so up to TODAY i have a picc line that goes in my heart to get infusion, iv meds and hydration, and my surgeon can use for surgeries and a GJ feeding tube to suction the G and nutrition through the J. Its very debilitating and VERY PAINFUL condition. When i got diagnosed they were saying it’s unknown but 3 month ago heen diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and now i have to give myself insulin shots Twice a day. Am hoping to get a gastric pacemaker to help me with my emptying stomach because they told me as diabetic gastroparesis patient i will benefit from it. AM REALLY REALLY hoping they will find medications or surgery to help patient with their symptoms. Even tho there isn’t meds or surgeries available which is super super unfair!!!

[kim]

We just found out that my 32 year old son has this. I feel so bad because he has been to the ER several times over the last few months and they never even considered or checked for this. He just found out today from his diabetic doctor. Thank you for this video it was very easy to understand and so helpful

[ingridwatsup]

The Greek word Gastro-paresis literally translates to: stomach - paralyzed. Emma Kok from my country is a prime example who is hooked up to a stomach/intestine pump 22 hours a day! She also sings Voilà beautifully

[writer]

When I skip breakfust on a good day I feel great, then the moment after I eat I start feeling discomfort, extreme bloating, my mood goes down, i become anxious and a bit depressed. Then no digestion, start yearning a lot and feel sleepy and tired. I never come back to the stage before food. I thaugth tha anxiety and depresson was the caause, but its the othe way around.
Startin OMAD and Keto, will try for 90 days, main reason to not eat during the day, tried emzymes but no improvment.
This condition destroyed my academic career and other things, no one around me understands anything, they think I am lazy or somethin, it's horrible, life destroying in many ways.

[GDogAU]

I got a G-POEM surgery and it pretty much eliminated my Gastroparesis. Thank goodness. I had the disease for many years.

[michelecavanary]

I had severe gastro, by the time I got to the hospital I was so depleted that I had to go on a feeding tube, since it tales 5 to 6 weeks for G-poem to be approved by insurance. I would not have made it. Since G=poem no nausea no vomiting no restrictions since day one .Overnight stay went back to work, eat almost everything. Life is great. God Bless

[kinnrxr]

I’ve been underweight my whole life and people have always made comments on my body, I was diagnosed with gastroparesis in college and now I’m trying to gain weight but I’m practically never hungry and force myself to eat till I’m going to throw up but even then I can’t eat enough, no one in my life fully gets it, they just advise me to eat more and don’t understand I am trying, I’m also tired all the time, I feel so depressed and alone.

[tbunnyshy]

I had abdominal surgeries (open MALS, hernia repair). Barrett’s esophagus and now gastroparesis. Even a sip of water just sits there. The bloating gets very painful and I lost 15 lbs the past 6 months. We just have to exercise and do the best we can.