Health- ouchie
Well, trying to 'eat' every other day to give my stomach a rest is not helping things... in all truth I do not want to eat when I do eat but I know that I have to get nutrients in and cutting back on solids and semi-solids to try to get more fluids in does not seem to be working.
I am open to all suggestions to try to get both fluids and nutrients in, so if you have any suggestions (other than Ensure, Boost, Carnation Instant Breakfast, Pediasure, etc) please let me know.
The brain fog has me sitting and staring at things for the most part and reading things I write over and over trying to make sure that I am making sense.
I have decided to make a gallon of my iced green tea mint tea blend and see how long it takes for me to drink it which will give me a better idea of my true average fluid intake per day.
My entire abdomen is burning and has been for weeks now... I know my ulcers have been acting up ever since I tool a tylenol a week or so ago and am wondering if it is that or something else.
I called VCU last week to see when my EGD and small bowel follow-through were scheduled for since I have not received a call telling me and was told there was no record of any tests being ordered.
It is one thing to be floundering alone trying to keep going and another when I think I am going to get some testing done to see exactly what is going on and then find out that the Dr never ordered the tests after telling me about them.
Sighs... this is why we need Awareness so very badly... this is why I entered the Reader's Digest contest and am asking everyone to please please vote daily and help my story get published in the magazine. If my story gets published then millions upon millions of people will learn about Gastroparesis and other Digestive Tract Paralysis conditions... they will find out the symptoms and many might get a diagnosis after years or decades of searching... people like me will not get brushed off by Doctors who know nothing and could care less because the public will demand that more be known. People like the Caldwells will not be fighting with the Department of Human Services to get their baby back when they are accused of not feeding him.... and this is AFTER he is diagnosed with Gastroparesis!!!
Please... help me... help all of those who suffer by voting for my entry daily until November 1, 2011.
I started this social experiment to try to raise awareness of Gastroparesis and other Invisible Illness and getting online every single day no matter how I feel or what the weather is doing to fight for this... please help me fight.
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