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Gastroparesis GERD & More
Hi, my name is ... ComplexSpoonie. Well, on some social media channels anyway. A microscopically tiny blogger & content creator writing this on probably the 80th night I was unable to meet any of my nutritional goals via oral intake. I'm a mostly vegan allergic to shellfish wheelchair using human with an incredibly broken…
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Those Awful Net Loss Days
I hate when I have a day like today. Goal: 2,260 calories Actual: 1810 Exercise: 562 Net: awful frustrating and I just decided I wasn't even going to look at the math. I only get on the scale once a week when the nurse is here. But I have enough things that are getting loose that I'm pretty sure I'm not at 112lbs anymore.…
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EVOO, I love you.
It goes pretty much in everything I eat. I'm constantly battling to get enough fat and cuz I'm a dairy-free vegetarian. At same time, because of gastroparesis, if I eat too much fatty food at once, I get wicked chills, shakes, bloat, abdominal pain while the broken system tries to break it down. Frustating. Anyone else…
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How to gain when poor
MS related gastroparesis. Down to 100 lbs, 6 oz and I am 5'3" medium bone frame. Food stamps? $16 a month, under attack, New Hampshire Senate Bill 7 My budget? I can pull $60 to $100 a month to add to it. My diet? 6 dairy free vegetarian meals with limited spaced eggs and hemp, no shellfish with 350 calories, 7+ g protein…
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#Spoonie needs ideas, help. Has a new group.
Hi, I have been a 99% dairy free vegetarian, allergic to shellfish, with sensitivities to eggs, too much hemp, since 2000. I do eat white fish. I an a #spoonie, with a laundry list. I have had MS since 2006. One of the least appreciated "gifts" from it was gastrparesis, a serious digestive disorder. I have started a group…
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A #spoonie in NH with a new Group
Hi, I am in the Seacoast NH area, and right now I am 23 pounds under my goal, despretely fighting on a fixed income to eat fine dice, puree, smoothie food and figure out how to convince my underpaid home care workers (8hrs a week) we're going to have to actually make rice and hemp milk from scratch, by hand to create a…
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Need to Gain because of a Disability? New Group!
Hi, I have had MS since 2006. One of the least appreciated "gifts" from it was gastrparesis, a serious digestive disorder. I have started a group titled Digestive Disorders Weight Gain Maintain for anyone like me struggling daily to get in enough calories to survive. Anyone here with such issues is welcome to come visit!…
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Need to gain or maintain weight?
Hi, I have had MS since 2006. One of the least appreciated "gifts" from it was gastrparesis, a serious digestive disorder. I have started a group titled Digestive Disorders Weight Gain Maintain for anyone like me struggling daily to get in enough calories to survive. Anyone here with such issues is welcome to come visit!…
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MS patient with gastroperesis trying to gain
Hi, I am a mostly wheelchair using near 50 yr old MS patient with roughly 50% absorption of table food, slightly better 60-65% on puree or ensure. So, yeah half of what I eat goes right through me. Add in the fact I am a almost dairy free vegetarian, getting by on food pantries and $16 a month in food stamps, and weight…
