Has Anyone Dealt With Gastroparesis?

Last year I was diagnosed with Gastroparesis (slow stomach emptying).  I was give a list of foods that I can eat and should not eat.  If I eat anything on the should not eat list I get severe stomach pain, rumbling in my stomach and constipation.  I am also overweight and my blood sugars flutuate wildly.  Everyone tells me to lose weight but the things I would ordinarily eat to help with that, salads, whole wheat bread and high fiber foods I can't eat anymore.  I am so frustrated that I don't know what to eat.  i have been seeing a nutritionist but all she does is give me menus to follow.  If anyone has a way to deal with this, please help.  Thank you.

After looking more closely at those websites, I'd like to add that I think the amount of carbohydrates is way too high for diabetics.  If you are on diabetes meds, you will have to be careful with some of that food.  The ADA in general suggests meals with high carb contents which will keep blood sugar high.  If I followed those recommendations I'd be sky high, so please be careful about your food choices and be sure to test. 

I have gastroparesis & LPR. I'm diabetic with mostly controlled blood sugar. He are the things I've cut from my diet: caffeine, carbonated anything, high fat foods, anything with high frutose corn syrup, no fast food of any kind, whole milk, high fiber foods. You have to read all labels. Many of these ingredients hide in labels. It requires a lot of self discipline. I lost over 50 pounds since Jan. I can't eat beef. It makes me horribly sick. I cook the heck out of vegetables to make them easier to digest. I eat gluten free bread (tastes good toasted). I drink water w/ every meal, lots of it. I eat 6 small meals a day if I can. My biggest meal is lunch.
Next month I'm having a Gastric Electrical Stimulation implanted. Hopefully no more nausea, gerd and bloating. Good luck.

It's caused by degradation of the nervous system. I have it to some degree myself and I'm an Insulin dependent Diabetic of 35+ years. However I have recently begun treating it. The nervous system degradation shows in the iris of the eye as a greying around the pupil, the darker that is and the more pronounced, then the worse the nervous system damage is and the worse the gastroparesis will be. You do need good eyesight to see it and the ability to focus up close. A mirror and a x3 - x4 magnifying glass helps.

I've recently started taking Benfotiamine and Methylcobalamin because diabetics are usually deficient in these because they excrete them very quickly, hence the slow and progressive damage to the nervous system. I've also found coconut oil to be helpful to some degree, the greyness in the small intestine, where coconut oil is absorbed, has lightened showing that my nervous system function condition has improved. Unfortunately the improvement is noticeably less in other areas. Saturated fats are important to the body and should not be excluded IMO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benfotiamine

Do not underestimate the importance of the digestive system! The majority of diseases arises because of the digestive system and therefore I urge you to do all you can to get it working as well as possible. Healing within the body is affected by the digestive system function and the nervous system which work together.

Hi and welcome purple butterfly. I am sorry you have all this going on. I don't have gastroparesis but maybe there are others who can post here to give you some help. I wish I could give you some advice but I can't. I'm sorry.