On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 4:09:42 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 5/25/2016 8:23 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >> I've seen people talk about a lot of medical stuff here, everything from
> >> colonoscopies, to heart surgery, to back problems, allergies, bad knees,
> >> chemo and beyond. I don't particularly want to talk about those either,
> >> but there you have it.
> >>
> >> Cheri
> >
> > It's not so much that, it's just the constant litany of her digestive and
> > food issues.
> >
> > was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. No biggie. It's treatable and for
> > me, easily manageable. (The ads for drugs on television make it sound
> > horrific. Maybe for some people it is. That's not me, it's marketing.)
> >
> > My chronic condition doesn't inhibit my eating of any type of food. If it
> > did I'd just avoid eating whatever it was. That's all I was saying.
> >
> > Julie has posted many times over the years about gastroparesis or some
> > recurring digestive problems. When she mentioned posting a picture of
> > popcorn stuck in her stomach/digestive tract my first reaction was "don't
> > eat it". Seems like common sense to me.
>
> You're an idiot. Wouldn't have mattered what I had eaten. I explained to you
> what gastroparesis is. Popcorn is not a problem. The problem is that I have
> slowed digestion. In an nutshell this means that not only can I not ever
> gorge on any type of food but I have to eat small portions, no matter the
> food. Whatever food I eat moves through me so slowly that this is why the
> popcorn showed up on the camera. Wasn't an X Ray but the camera they stick
> down you during an endoscopy.
>
> My beef with you is that you flat out said that I had gorged on nachos until
> I got sick. You lied and I was merely pointing out why this was a lie. sw
> then made things worse by saying that I was lying about the gastroparesis..
> This is easily proven and I have the proof. But don't worry. I won't post it
> here.

I have had paresis for thirty years. A few things to avoid: carbonated beverages - regular or diet, (especially the case a day habit), excessive consumption of roughage (salads), and excessive quantities of fats (that one gets me every once in a while). Highly spiced foods should be avoided and so-called "hot" foods such as peppers should be avoided or curtailed.

Paresis can be managed...good medical advice is available.

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