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Posted 8/27/2015 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
Had my total colectomy for colonic inertia in March 2007. The doctors did a test a few weeks ago that shows I now have slow emptying of my stomach.
Posted 8/28/2015 3:53 PM (GMT 0)
I have a total colectomy with ileostomy due to colonic inertia and pelvic floor dysfunction back in 2010. I was diagnosed last year with gastroparesis, slow stomach emptying. My surgeon said this is pretty common with colonic inertia, as after the inert colon is removed,, that the inertia can spread.

I take zofran everyday for nausea and do not eat normally at all. I do better with white foods, such as chicken, white bread, white potato, white rice, protein shake, chips, etc. Mostly fattening foods, but they seem to go through better.

I have good days and bad days, but I manage. I was taking Reglan, but I had severe, unrelenting depression with that, so I stopped that.
Posted 9/9/2015 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
Hi and thank you for your reply.
I am on Metoclopramide liquid. It seems to help with the burping and does move the food out a little faster. Since I've been taking it though, one week, my stomach seems to hurt when I wake in the morning which I find odd. I've only thrown up on occasion. Out of the 100 lbs I lost after the colectomy I put back on 35 lbs. The doctors want to do more tests to see if they can find a reason why this happened approximately seven years post colectomy.

Since 2013, my Hematocrit and Hemoglobin levels have been low. They haven't come up to normal in 2 years. No one seems to know why. Recently, my vit D level and Iron has become low.
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