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How to increase appetite?
I recently had to go off of mirtazipine which I was on to increase my appetite and help with nausea. I now have no appetite and my nausea has increased a lot and I am rapidly losing weight (mostly fluid but I am massively undereating). I have lost 7.5 lbs in 10 days (I was 134.5 now 127). I am 5'8 and I am afraid I'll get…
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Mirtazipine/remeron ravenously hungry
Anyone on mirtazipine? How do you deal with the crazy hunger it causes? I have gastroparesis so eating is painful and this drug causes me to binge at times. I don't want to go off of it as my depression is much better and almost every other antidepressant has an interaction with dom peridone which I can not go off of.
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Gastroparesis and/or Crohn's
I just got out of the hospital after 25 days for a Crohn's and (new diagnosis) severe gastroparesis flare (i had 54% left in stomach at 4hrs during gastric emptying study- normal is 10%). I think I was released too early as i still feel like *kitten*. My whole body (especially stomach but all my joints) is sore and I'm…
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Any ostomates here?
My colon and rectum were given an eviction notice on Friday because of my fistulas so I will be getting a permanent ileostomy. Wasn't expecting this at all (though I knew I'd probably eventually get one). No surgery date yet as he is overwhelmed with cancer patients but probably in a few months.
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Weight lifting with an ileostomy
Has anyone been able to lift with an ileostomy without getting a hernia? I'm having a total colectomy with permanent ileostomy surgery on May 5th for fistulas/Crohn's and am wondering if I'll ever be able to get back to it. I realize powerlifting will be out of the picture but what about more of a body building style? I…
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Best cleanse ever
Hey y'all im expecting to lose a few pounds today! It's the best cleanse ever. I'll be totally cleaned out! Plus I'm fasting for a few days. Totally exciting. Actually not exciting but painful. I'm doing bowel prep as imaging my colon removed tomorrow. It's colonoscopy prep on steroids. The only true cleanse ;)
