cardiactec Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I am going in next week (tuesday) for endoscopic botox injections to try and help alleviate my nausea/problems with eating/weight loss from my gastroparesis...........the doc said that they generally have pretty good results from it, at least for 6-8 months.........he said patients are less symptomatic and are able to eat better...........he said if this doesnt work, he wants to try the gastric pacer........i was told down in boston by a GI doc that gastric pacing is not a good recommendation for pots patients though, and that in the majority of cases gastric paci, it had a low success rate...i have heard majority of patients that DO benefit from the gastric pacer are patients with gastroparesis secondary to diabetes (which i dont have)....anyway, hopefully we dont have to get to that point in discussing gastric pacing and that the botox injections work....wish me luck......and send me your prayers..cardiactec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Good luck, Angela!!! I hope that the procedure goes well for you and that it works.I'll be praying for you. Let me know how it all turns out.Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiactec Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Thanks Rachel.....I'll let you know how it turns out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfrog Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Good luck with the procedure - I had it done 4 years ago for my gastroparesis - It was only experimental then, not approved for that use and I had to be transferred from a NJ Hospital to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia to have it done. It really helped - I only had 20 percent of food digesting, and the other 80 percent was sitting in my stomach with delayed gastric emptying. It worked so good that for a while after the procedure, the second you get the urge to move your bowels, you better be near a bathroom or else. Atleast in my case, that is what happened. It made it hard to control my stomach for a long time. It did help me though, so I hope it works for you. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat57 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 wishing you luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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