Gastric Emptying Study

[grassisgreener]

Hi, my cfer is 4 and hasn't gained much weight over the past year. She doesn't have much of an appetite and often complains of fullness after eating a few bites of food. She is now taking Prevacid which definately has increased her appetite and she doesn't complain of fullness with it (any idea why??) and we met with a GI at our clinic and discussed a few things to possibly explore but to be honest none of them really seem right to me and I don't want to subject her if it isn't necessary...we are thinking about doing a gastric emptying study bc of the "fullness complaint" but when I read about it and why it is done, it just doesn't really sound like her symptoms. The GI originally wanted to do an upper GI and a 24 hour PH Probe but changed his mind saying that her symptoms don't really fit that either (I agree) but then he kinda threw out this GES idea and ran with it and I am just not sure I am comfortable with it.

Thoughts, info, etc would be great!

 

[grassisgreener]

Hi, my cfer is 4 and hasn't gained much weight over the past year. She doesn't have much of an appetite and often complains of fullness after eating a few bites of food. She is now taking Prevacid which definately has increased her appetite and she doesn't complain of fullness with it (any idea why??) and we met with a GI at our clinic and discussed a few things to possibly explore but to be honest none of them really seem right to me and I don't want to subject her if it isn't necessary...we are thinking about doing a gastric emptying study bc of the "fullness complaint" but when I read about it and why it is done, it just doesn't really sound like her symptoms. The GI originally wanted to do an upper GI and a 24 hour PH Probe but changed his mind saying that her symptoms don't really fit that either (I agree) but then he kinda threw out this GES idea and ran with it and I am just not sure I am comfortable with it.

Thoughts, info, etc would be great!

 

[grassisgreener]

Hi, my cfer is 4 and hasn't gained much weight over the past year. She doesn't have much of an appetite and often complains of fullness after eating a few bites of food. She is now taking Prevacid which definately has increased her appetite and she doesn't complain of fullness with it (any idea why??) and we met with a GI at our clinic and discussed a few things to possibly explore but to be honest none of them really seem right to me and I don't want to subject her if it isn't necessary...we are thinking about doing a gastric emptying study bc of the "fullness complaint" but when I read about it and why it is done, it just doesn't really sound like her symptoms. The GI originally wanted to do an upper GI and a 24 hour PH Probe but changed his mind saying that her symptoms don't really fit that either (I agree) but then he kinda threw out this GES idea and ran with it and I am just not sure I am comfortable with it.

Thoughts, info, etc would be great!

 

[grassisgreener]

Hi, my cfer is 4 and hasn't gained much weight over the past year. She doesn't have much of an appetite and often complains of fullness after eating a few bites of food. She is now taking Prevacid which definately has increased her appetite and she doesn't complain of fullness with it (any idea why??) and we met with a GI at our clinic and discussed a few things to possibly explore but to be honest none of them really seem right to me and I don't want to subject her if it isn't necessary...we are thinking about doing a gastric emptying study bc of the "fullness complaint" but when I read about it and why it is done, it just doesn't really sound like her symptoms. The GI originally wanted to do an upper GI and a 24 hour PH Probe but changed his mind saying that her symptoms don't really fit that either (I agree) but then he kinda threw out this GES idea and ran with it and I am just not sure I am comfortable with it.

Thoughts, info, etc would be great!

 

[grassisgreener]

Hi, my cfer is 4 and hasn't gained much weight over the past year. She doesn't have much of an appetite and often complains of fullness after eating a few bites of food. She is now taking Prevacid which definately has increased her appetite and she doesn't complain of fullness with it (any idea why??) and we met with a GI at our clinic and discussed a few things to possibly explore but to be honest none of them really seem right to me and I don't want to subject her if it isn't necessary...we are thinking about doing a gastric emptying study bc of the "fullness complaint" but when I read about it and why it is done, it just doesn't really sound like her symptoms. The GI originally wanted to do an upper GI and a 24 hour PH Probe but changed his mind saying that her symptoms don't really fit that either (I agree) but then he kinda threw out this GES idea and ran with it and I am just not sure I am comfortable with it.

Thoughts, info, etc would be great!

 

[grassisgreener]

Hi, my cfer is 4 and hasn't gained much weight over the past year. She doesn't have much of an appetite and often complains of fullness after eating a few bites of food. She is now taking Prevacid which definately has increased her appetite and she doesn't complain of fullness with it (any idea why??) and we met with a GI at our clinic and discussed a few things to possibly explore but to be honest none of them really seem right to me and I don't want to subject her if it isn't necessary...we are thinking about doing a gastric emptying study bc of the "fullness complaint" but when I read about it and why it is done, it just doesn't really sound like her symptoms. The GI originally wanted to do an upper GI and a 24 hour PH Probe but changed his mind saying that her symptoms don't really fit that either (I agree) but then he kinda threw out this GES idea and ran with it and I am just not sure I am comfortable with it.

Thoughts, info, etc would be great!

 

[letsrockcfem]

Hey there! I am having the gastric emptying study on July 13 because of my crazy GI track..I have fullness all the time and pain after I eat so my new GI doc thinks I have a slow emptying stomach.
When my GI doc was explaining tests and possible causes for my symptoms they didn't really seem to match up either but I am going to go with him on all of this and see what happens. He explained a lot of things to me and about the whole digestion process so it is all starting to make sense to me.

I hear the test is very easy, just a little long so maybe you should try and see the outcome?
Rock CF,
EM

 

[letsrockcfem]

Hey there! I am having the gastric emptying study on July 13 because of my crazy GI track..I have fullness all the time and pain after I eat so my new GI doc thinks I have a slow emptying stomach.
When my GI doc was explaining tests and possible causes for my symptoms they didn't really seem to match up either but I am going to go with him on all of this and see what happens. He explained a lot of things to me and about the whole digestion process so it is all starting to make sense to me.

I hear the test is very easy, just a little long so maybe you should try and see the outcome?
Rock CF,
EM

 

[letsrockcfem]

Hey there! I am having the gastric emptying study on July 13 because of my crazy GI track..I have fullness all the time and pain after I eat so my new GI doc thinks I have a slow emptying stomach.
When my GI doc was explaining tests and possible causes for my symptoms they didn't really seem to match up either but I am going to go with him on all of this and see what happens. He explained a lot of things to me and about the whole digestion process so it is all starting to make sense to me.

I hear the test is very easy, just a little long so maybe you should try and see the outcome?
Rock CF,
EM

 

[letsrockcfem]

Hey there! I am having the gastric emptying study on July 13 because of my crazy GI track..I have fullness all the time and pain after I eat so my new GI doc thinks I have a slow emptying stomach.
When my GI doc was explaining tests and possible causes for my symptoms they didn't really seem to match up either but I am going to go with him on all of this and see what happens. He explained a lot of things to me and about the whole digestion process so it is all starting to make sense to me.

I hear the test is very easy, just a little long so maybe you should try and see the outcome?
Rock CF,
EM

 

[letsrockcfem]

Hey there! I am having the gastric emptying study on July 13 because of my crazy GI track..I have fullness all the time and pain after I eat so my new GI doc thinks I have a slow emptying stomach.
When my GI doc was explaining tests and possible causes for my symptoms they didn't really seem to match up either but I am going to go with him on all of this and see what happens. He explained a lot of things to me and about the whole digestion process so it is all starting to make sense to me.

I hear the test is very easy, just a little long so maybe you should try and see the outcome?
Rock CF,
EM

 

[letsrockcfem]

Hey there! I am having the gastric emptying study on July 13 because of my crazy GI track..I have fullness all the time and pain after I eat so my new GI doc thinks I have a slow emptying stomach.
When my GI doc was explaining tests and possible causes for my symptoms they didn't really seem to match up either but I am going to go with him on all of this and see what happens. He explained a lot of things to me and about the whole digestion process so it is all starting to make sense to me.

I hear the test is very easy, just a little long so maybe you should try and see the outcome?
Rock CF,
EM

 

[lightNlife]

I had a gastric emptying study done about 3 years ago and was SHOCKED at the results. I had been having what they thought were gall bladder problems. I had lousy weight gain, very troubling bloating, and just felt all around crappy and we couldn't seem to figure it out.

How the gastric emptying study works is that they have you fast for a certain period before hand and make sure your gut is really cleaned out. Then they take an x-ray of your empty stomach. Then they feed you either an egg-salad sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich (choose the egg-salad, the other tastes like rubber!) that is laced with a tracer they can see on the x-ray. They continue to monitor you every half hour and take a picture of what's going on as you digest the food. My results showed that I was delayed in emptying by nearly 2 hours! That explained why I got so incredibly full and why my enzymes didn't seem to work.

Here's how I changed things as a result:

-started taking my enzymes a good 10 minutes before a meal
-ate smaller, more frequent meals to prevent bloating and discomfort
-made sure to chew my food thoroughly (I often just snarf it down because I have other things I'd rather be doing than eat a 1500 calorie meal)

One we figured out what was going on, we were able to make positive changes. The delayed emptying would also wreak havoc with my blood sugars (I was on prednisone at the time.) I would test myself and give the amount of insulin appropriate to the meal I was about to eat, but the insulin got into my system well before my food was absorbed, so that resulted in the "timing" of the two being way off.

I hope you find a good solution. Also, as a seasoned pro with babysitting, it's been my experience that 4 year olds will say they're full when really all they want to do is go do something else. Perhaps if you make sure some high calorie snacks are available, even if your child takes a few bites throughout the day, there's a chance it could add up to a full day's worth of calories. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Lauren

Em, good luck on your test as well. I hope it yields a solution for you.

 

[lightNlife]

I had a gastric emptying study done about 3 years ago and was SHOCKED at the results. I had been having what they thought were gall bladder problems. I had lousy weight gain, very troubling bloating, and just felt all around crappy and we couldn't seem to figure it out.

How the gastric emptying study works is that they have you fast for a certain period before hand and make sure your gut is really cleaned out. Then they take an x-ray of your empty stomach. Then they feed you either an egg-salad sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich (choose the egg-salad, the other tastes like rubber!) that is laced with a tracer they can see on the x-ray. They continue to monitor you every half hour and take a picture of what's going on as you digest the food. My results showed that I was delayed in emptying by nearly 2 hours! That explained why I got so incredibly full and why my enzymes didn't seem to work.

Here's how I changed things as a result:

-started taking my enzymes a good 10 minutes before a meal
-ate smaller, more frequent meals to prevent bloating and discomfort
-made sure to chew my food thoroughly (I often just snarf it down because I have other things I'd rather be doing than eat a 1500 calorie meal)

One we figured out what was going on, we were able to make positive changes. The delayed emptying would also wreak havoc with my blood sugars (I was on prednisone at the time.) I would test myself and give the amount of insulin appropriate to the meal I was about to eat, but the insulin got into my system well before my food was absorbed, so that resulted in the "timing" of the two being way off.

I hope you find a good solution. Also, as a seasoned pro with babysitting, it's been my experience that 4 year olds will say they're full when really all they want to do is go do something else. Perhaps if you make sure some high calorie snacks are available, even if your child takes a few bites throughout the day, there's a chance it could add up to a full day's worth of calories. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Lauren

Em, good luck on your test as well. I hope it yields a solution for you.

 

[lightNlife]

I had a gastric emptying study done about 3 years ago and was SHOCKED at the results. I had been having what they thought were gall bladder problems. I had lousy weight gain, very troubling bloating, and just felt all around crappy and we couldn't seem to figure it out.

How the gastric emptying study works is that they have you fast for a certain period before hand and make sure your gut is really cleaned out. Then they take an x-ray of your empty stomach. Then they feed you either an egg-salad sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich (choose the egg-salad, the other tastes like rubber!) that is laced with a tracer they can see on the x-ray. They continue to monitor you every half hour and take a picture of what's going on as you digest the food. My results showed that I was delayed in emptying by nearly 2 hours! That explained why I got so incredibly full and why my enzymes didn't seem to work.

Here's how I changed things as a result:

-started taking my enzymes a good 10 minutes before a meal
-ate smaller, more frequent meals to prevent bloating and discomfort
-made sure to chew my food thoroughly (I often just snarf it down because I have other things I'd rather be doing than eat a 1500 calorie meal)

One we figured out what was going on, we were able to make positive changes. The delayed emptying would also wreak havoc with my blood sugars (I was on prednisone at the time.) I would test myself and give the amount of insulin appropriate to the meal I was about to eat, but the insulin got into my system well before my food was absorbed, so that resulted in the "timing" of the two being way off.

I hope you find a good solution. Also, as a seasoned pro with babysitting, it's been my experience that 4 year olds will say they're full when really all they want to do is go do something else. Perhaps if you make sure some high calorie snacks are available, even if your child takes a few bites throughout the day, there's a chance it could add up to a full day's worth of calories. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Lauren

Em, good luck on your test as well. I hope it yields a solution for you.

 

[lightNlife]

I had a gastric emptying study done about 3 years ago and was SHOCKED at the results. I had been having what they thought were gall bladder problems. I had lousy weight gain, very troubling bloating, and just felt all around crappy and we couldn't seem to figure it out.

How the gastric emptying study works is that they have you fast for a certain period before hand and make sure your gut is really cleaned out. Then they take an x-ray of your empty stomach. Then they feed you either an egg-salad sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich (choose the egg-salad, the other tastes like rubber!) that is laced with a tracer they can see on the x-ray. They continue to monitor you every half hour and take a picture of what's going on as you digest the food. My results showed that I was delayed in emptying by nearly 2 hours! That explained why I got so incredibly full and why my enzymes didn't seem to work.

Here's how I changed things as a result:

-started taking my enzymes a good 10 minutes before a meal
-ate smaller, more frequent meals to prevent bloating and discomfort
-made sure to chew my food thoroughly (I often just snarf it down because I have other things I'd rather be doing than eat a 1500 calorie meal)

One we figured out what was going on, we were able to make positive changes. The delayed emptying would also wreak havoc with my blood sugars (I was on prednisone at the time.) I would test myself and give the amount of insulin appropriate to the meal I was about to eat, but the insulin got into my system well before my food was absorbed, so that resulted in the "timing" of the two being way off.

I hope you find a good solution. Also, as a seasoned pro with babysitting, it's been my experience that 4 year olds will say they're full when really all they want to do is go do something else. Perhaps if you make sure some high calorie snacks are available, even if your child takes a few bites throughout the day, there's a chance it could add up to a full day's worth of calories. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Lauren

Em, good luck on your test as well. I hope it yields a solution for you.

 

[lightNlife]

I had a gastric emptying study done about 3 years ago and was SHOCKED at the results. I had been having what they thought were gall bladder problems. I had lousy weight gain, very troubling bloating, and just felt all around crappy and we couldn't seem to figure it out.

How the gastric emptying study works is that they have you fast for a certain period before hand and make sure your gut is really cleaned out. Then they take an x-ray of your empty stomach. Then they feed you either an egg-salad sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich (choose the egg-salad, the other tastes like rubber!) that is laced with a tracer they can see on the x-ray. They continue to monitor you every half hour and take a picture of what's going on as you digest the food. My results showed that I was delayed in emptying by nearly 2 hours! That explained why I got so incredibly full and why my enzymes didn't seem to work.

Here's how I changed things as a result:

-started taking my enzymes a good 10 minutes before a meal
-ate smaller, more frequent meals to prevent bloating and discomfort
-made sure to chew my food thoroughly (I often just snarf it down because I have other things I'd rather be doing than eat a 1500 calorie meal)

One we figured out what was going on, we were able to make positive changes. The delayed emptying would also wreak havoc with my blood sugars (I was on prednisone at the time.) I would test myself and give the amount of insulin appropriate to the meal I was about to eat, but the insulin got into my system well before my food was absorbed, so that resulted in the "timing" of the two being way off.

I hope you find a good solution. Also, as a seasoned pro with babysitting, it's been my experience that 4 year olds will say they're full when really all they want to do is go do something else. Perhaps if you make sure some high calorie snacks are available, even if your child takes a few bites throughout the day, there's a chance it could add up to a full day's worth of calories. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Lauren

Em, good luck on your test as well. I hope it yields a solution for you.

 

[lightNlife]

I had a gastric emptying study done about 3 years ago and was SHOCKED at the results. I had been having what they thought were gall bladder problems. I had lousy weight gain, very troubling bloating, and just felt all around crappy and we couldn't seem to figure it out.

How the gastric emptying study works is that they have you fast for a certain period before hand and make sure your gut is really cleaned out. Then they take an x-ray of your empty stomach. Then they feed you either an egg-salad sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich (choose the egg-salad, the other tastes like rubber!) that is laced with a tracer they can see on the x-ray. They continue to monitor you every half hour and take a picture of what's going on as you digest the food. My results showed that I was delayed in emptying by nearly 2 hours! That explained why I got so incredibly full and why my enzymes didn't seem to work.

Here's how I changed things as a result:

-started taking my enzymes a good 10 minutes before a meal
-ate smaller, more frequent meals to prevent bloating and discomfort
-made sure to chew my food thoroughly (I often just snarf it down because I have other things I'd rather be doing than eat a 1500 calorie meal)

One we figured out what was going on, we were able to make positive changes. The delayed emptying would also wreak havoc with my blood sugars (I was on prednisone at the time.) I would test myself and give the amount of insulin appropriate to the meal I was about to eat, but the insulin got into my system well before my food was absorbed, so that resulted in the "timing" of the two being way off.

I hope you find a good solution. Also, as a seasoned pro with babysitting, it's been my experience that 4 year olds will say they're full when really all they want to do is go do something else. Perhaps if you make sure some high calorie snacks are available, even if your child takes a few bites throughout the day, there's a chance it could add up to a full day's worth of calories. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there, and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Lauren

Em, good luck on your test as well. I hope it yields a solution for you.

 

[katyf13]

I wonder if a barium swallow (not modified) would be helpful. It is another test where you eat something laced with barium and they follow it down the esophagus into the stomach. Sometimes the muscle that connects the esophagus to the stomach can have problems letting food through and can cause an uncomfortable sensation.

 

[katyf13]

I wonder if a barium swallow (not modified) would be helpful. It is another test where you eat something laced with barium and they follow it down the esophagus into the stomach. Sometimes the muscle that connects the esophagus to the stomach can have problems letting food through and can cause an uncomfortable sensation.