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ATTACK OF THE VEGGIES...
time to come clean...lol...i have not weighed myself in 3 months and do not plan to hopefully ever again...and the reason why you ask?...
history - when i started sb 2 years ago i was a medical mess...i was years old beyond my youthful self...lol...
i have had kidney issues since i was about 12 - a kid, stomach issues showed up shortly after that and than in my 30's i started with menopause...
after starting sb all of the issues left except the meno crap - it was all food related and controlled...i thought i had it all licked - kicked out and on my way to a normal healthy life...welllllllllll (and there is always a well)...about a month or so ago, the bladder/kidney isses resurfaced (bloat and weight gain) and then last week the stomach issues came back...
last friday, i had a proceedure to open my uretha, scrape the bladder and kidneys...i have a permanent tumor (it is a fatty blob of blood) not deadly or anything - just a pain in the kidney..ha ha...
than today i was re-diagnosed with gastroparesis...i have attached some of the info about it below
Gastroparesis is a condition in which the muscles in your stomach don't function normally.
Ordinarily, strong muscular contractions propel food through your digestive tract. But in gastroparesis, the muscles in the wall of your stomach work poorly or not at all, preventing your stomach from emptying properly. This can interfere with digestion, cause nausea and vomiting, and play havoc with blood sugar levels and nutrition.
No available treatment can cure gastroparesis. Dietary changes and certain medications sometimes help control symptoms of gastroparesis, but they're not effective in every case. And the available gastroparesis drugs can cause serious side effects. Researchers are investigating other types of therapies for gastroparesis
Gastroparesis is the result of damage to the vagus nerve, which controls the movement of food through the digestive system. Instead of moving through the digestive tract normally, the food is retained in the stomach.
Gastroparesis may occur in people with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes. The vagus nerve becomes damaged after years of high blood glucose, resulting in gastroparesis. In turn, gastroparesis contributes to poor blood glucose control.
Symptoms of gastroparesis include early fullness, abdominal pain, stomach spasms, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, bloating, gastroesophageal reflux, lack of appetite, and weight loss.
Gastroparesis is diagnosed with tests such as x rays, manometry, and gastric emptying scans.
Treatment includes dietary changes, oral medications, adjustments in insulin injections for people with diabetes, a jejunostomy tube, parenteral nutrition, gastric neurostimulators, or botulinum toxin.
so...i have to have a test done to see if i have diabeties and to see what effects the hormone changes have with all the new meds i am back on...
so to lighten this up a little...my vacation is in 5 weeks...yeah me...
thanks for reading
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