I tried mirtazapine at 7.5 mg on two occasions as a sleep aid to avoid waking up in the middle of the night. It worked exceptionally well in that...
In a civilized country that is among the world’s leading economic powers, how can malnourishment be considered as a natural cause of death?
My sincere condolences for your loss, Robert. Thank you for taking the energy to write such a well thought out and thorough description — I...
Fair point, this is indeed what it does feel like — at least for mild to moderate ME/CFS.
Is exhaustion in ME/CFS not some specific kind of sickness behaviour similar to that which kicks in when someone is down with an infection or...
In over a year and a half, none of the doctors at the clinical nutrition unit at the hospital that specializes in severe malnourishment where I’m...
Last year when I was put on a NG tube (again before I was diagnosed with gastroparesis and subsequently given a NJ tube), I looked at the French...
Sickening.
Every time I go to the hospital, whether it be in the clinical nutrition or the gastroenterology unit, I am weighed on a weigh-in chair. They...
In my case, every time I go to the clinical nutrition unit at the hospital, they measure the following biomarkers: - Weight & BMI - Extensive...
Thanks, I sent them an email.
When I was put on a NG tube before I had a diagnosis of gastroparesis, I remember that I looked up the evidence on the 30/45 degree angle and...
Of note, meals that are rich in carbohydrates (which are essential for energy) cause post-prandial tachycardia in some people with POTS:...
Thank you all for your advice. I am wary to engage with a physiotherapist but I know an “adapted physical activity” practician (this is an...
This is only my own observation but I can attest to this. I did have documented gastroparesis but it came out of left field when I had a big...
I’ve been fully bedbound since September 2022 as a result of severe malnourishment from my gastroparesis. Two months ago I had surgery for it and...
I feel deeply for them both. Though having endured not only Maeve’s death and the years of abysmal medical neglect by the NHS leading up to that...
CBT has been trialed for fatigue in cancer (especially by Dutch BPS leaders including Knoop), MS (Moss-Morris et al) and RA, but at least for RA...
Yes, parenteral nutrition is always initiated at the hospital because the patient must be monitored for infections, electrolyte imbalance and...
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus. A 60-year-old man in Germany has become at least the...
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