Hurts to eat

Is it just some foods or all foods? Can you eat somethings without it hurting?

I had something called idiopathic gastroparesis a few years ago. Basically my stomach was paralyzed for about two months. I felt full (like after a holiday dinner full) after eating a few bites. I would throw up undigested food 12+ hours later. It was horrible. I was diagnosed by my doctors after a gastric emptying test.
I had to eat a low fat and low fiber diet (try to combine those two in a healthy manner....). It was rough. I lost wayyyy tooo much weight in a very unhealthy manner bc I couldn't keep any food down, was dehydrated at one point, etc.
I hope you don't have that. Sugar didn't bother me, it was fatty foods or foods that were high in fiber or acid that bothered me.

Have your doctors done a gastric emptying test on you?

No. Basically they aren't listening. They know I throw up a lot, and that sugar hurts. Fast food and stuff I can't eat anyway due to acid reflux, but this is different. They have only tested me for Chrone's disease (SP?) and the other one that's like that. They haven't run too many tests, and this has been happening since July. I'm just really sick of this happening to me. I don't like being in pain all the time

Don't give up until you get someone to listen. If you can, take yourself to a specialist. Gastroenterologist, or an Endocrinologist would be where I would start. If doctors are laughing at you, they shouldn't ever have the right to see you again, In my opinion.

Keep at it till you get answers!!

No. Basically they aren't listening. They know I throw up a lot, and that sugar hurts. Fast food and stuff I can't eat anyway due to acid reflux, but this is different. They have only tested me for Chrone's disease (SP?) and the other one that's like that. They haven't run too many tests, and this has been happening since July. I'm just really sick of this happening to me. I don't like being in pain all the time

You don't say what kind of doctors you are seeing but if you are continuing to throw up that is a huge warning sign. You can develop a condition called esophogeal vericese which is extremely dangerous and is a result of the acid doing damage to the esophogus. Get yourself to a gastroenterologist as many here have already suggested. Insist on a referral or search out your own. If they aren't listening...move on to another doc immediately!!

THIS^

I have something silimar and they have diagnosed me with IBS. I have good days and bad days where I take a bite or a drink of water and I'm stuffed for hours. I keep everything down, but it is very painful. I've come to drinking most of my calories but I'm still not getting enough as sometimes that doesn't work.
I've had every test done that they can think of and now it is just a trial and error over weeks to see if something works.
I feel for you and if you want to talk let me know.

Does it hurt literally when you eat or after you've eaten? Does it hurt when food sits there? (so like 10-30 min after you eat as well).

Also, when you throw up, does it look weird (dark brown chunks or anything not food like)?

I had issues when I was in Africa, it hurt like mad whenever I swallowed and right after eating but I was also throwing up blood.

Please keep us posted on this issue. This post has gotten me a bit worried about you as it sounds very serious.

Let us know what the gastroenterologist says.

i'd also check into gall bladder function. That can be tested with a Hida Scan. ( pain and digestive problems tend to "hide" in the gallbladder)

-this is just my opinion and not that of an opinion of a professional. I have only worked in the medical field for about 7 years and have no clinical hands on experience besides talking and hearing surgeons discuss patient matters.



hope they figure it out!

Get a second opinion, if that doesn't work, get a third or fourth or fifth opinion. You need to speak up and tell you doctor that you are not satisfied with the care you are getting. You want them to be more aggressive in finding out the cause of your pain and treating it. Doctors are very busy and over worked, like most of us, they listen to the person who complains or speaks up the most. You need to keep asking, keep calling, keep emailing, get second opinions, etc, until you are satisfied with the results. You are your best advocate! Get in there and stand up for yourself!

Definitely see a doctor asap, even if you have to pay a lot to have your entire digestive system looked at, all you ever really have in life is your health, and if you can't eat you won't even have that.
while waiting (which you really shouldn't be as an inability to eat should be medical emergency territory, but alas doctors are idiots) try a small bit of as many kinds of food as you can, rate them in terms of how bad they are for it, compare acidity of them, may help to know if it's specifically acidic foods, then compare sugar levels (heck try lard and sugar on their own, if the lard is easy to keep down then the problem is specific to sugar)

if it starts to feel like your body is ripping itself apart (not being figurative here) stop eating.

I hope you find your answers soon and I would also recommend another doctor. If they are not listening and just prescribing meds they aren't helping you make a long term change.

omg, i am so pissed off and frustrated for you! they laughed? at pain and being unable to keep food down? well check this out- your doctors? THEY WORK FOR YOU! once you really get that concept , and all that it means~ the power bases reverse and you will no longer be 'bullied" like you have been. you think you need a referral to a gastroenterologist? (btw, so do i, in the worst way). don't ask for one- demand it. you pay them- they are there to serve you. get it?
to have done so little diagnostic work on someone who is unable to preform a very basic function of living for past 6 months.., wow. i'm not the suing type but i've seen malpractice suits for far far less. get the referral on sat and fire their *kitten*. remember MD can also stand for Made D's all through medical school, the kid that serves your coffee in morning might ave 50 IQ points on your doctor.
promise that you won't be intimated by initials after someone's name and will become a stronger advocate for yourself and your life. you should never be put in the position of being so desperate that you have to ask for a diagnosis on the internet from strangers whom even if a couple happened to be qualified they cannot exam you, have access to your medical records and test results, etc. they all have a job and not one of those jobs is Imabeliever92's Doctor. the person that is paid to hold that job title should be kicking over every stone to find out exactly what is wrong with you.

good luck. get answers. demand them. you deserve a better quality of life. ((hugs))