Gastroparesis

[DiabeticDi]

I have been Type 1 for 46 years and think that i may have gastroparesis. My digestion is very sluggish. My stomach is swollen and feel bloated.

And today my blood sugar is not rising after lunch when I've taken no insulin. It is 6 now, hour and a half later!

Has anyone else had this?

 

[Tony337]

Hi
Whilst no i haven't its an interesting subject.
I have bile acid malabsorption where food can be in and out in 20 minutes.
I'm often swollen and bloated however.
I take amitryptiline that both treats depression and slows down my digestive system.

I'm reminded of a plane flight to the canaries ......
At the airport i often take a pill to stop me having to go to the toilet on the plane.
Done it many times before.
I had eaten and taken a loperamide and am on the plane in mid air when my levels started to drop.
And drop and drop.
I had eaten a full bag of jelly babies and a passenger sat next to me kept feeding me heroes.
I am a calm person and experienced diabetic of over 50 years.
I began to panic.....i was at 1.9 mmol stomach like a bouncing bomb and decided to visit the toilet.
I went and the movement was heroic..........

Got back to my seat and suddenly it was all change as the levels began to rise and rise and rise and then rise again.

So after the event i theorised the loperamide must have seized up my digestive system and the second i went to the toilet everything started working as it should.
Such a ghastly event and even now when at the airport i don't start taking insulin until i know my levels are on the rise.

Back to the topic sluggish is fine just be grateful its not stopped and you have an experience like me.
I take it you have a CGM and a glucogen kit?
I also assume you have spoken to your GP about it ?
If you take too much insulin and the food isn't working then anything could happen.

Strangely my stomach issues (apart from the plane problem) don't affect my levels.

I wish you well as stomach troubles are no fun.

Tony