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Monalisa Hinnat
Idiopathic GP
North Carolina
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Hello all, My name is
Monalisa. I am not sure exactly when my gastroparesis started. My father
and I had been on vacation the month of July visiting London, Paris and
Rome. After returning I went back to my flight attendant job but began
getting sick a lot. Finally in September nothing would stay down and I
had to stop working.
On October 12th I finally got to see a gastroenterologist. He sent me
straight to the hospital where I was immediately admitted for
dehydration. They performed many test but they all came back normal with
the exception of a GES which was only slightly abnormal by 1% I
believe. (MY memory has really gone down hill).
I was in the hospital for 9 days and released not feeling any better.
They tried me on many different medicine combinations and finally
in January of 2000 I was well enough to return to work. I still had the
occasional upset stomach so I really had to watch what I ate. Towards
the end of July I started getting sick again and missing more and
more work until Aug 3rd, 2000 which was my last day. I couldn't keep
anything down and lost 40lbs.
Here it is May 2003 and things are still the same. Luckily my weight has
pretty much stabilized but I have no energy...stay nauseous and
cant keep solids down. (Although I try and suffer the consequences). I
was so lucky to have found this group about 2 weeks after Carissa
started it. This is what a support group should be and I have gotten so
much help, information and support ...not to mention made many wonderful
friends. I haven't given up hope. I still pray daily for everyone and
one day they will find a cure.
There is so much more to say but I am on so many drugs that I have to
keep notes but then I forget where I put the notepad. I also suffer from
Migraine headaches. My medicines right now are Nexium, Zelnorm, Depakote,
Wellbutrin, Marinol, Ambien. I have Lorazapam and Darvocet for use as
needed. I also have Miralax but had stopped it when I started the
zelnorm but it looks like I will have to start it again. SO sorry for
the book here. Its that GP thing!!!!!!
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