Ginger’s Personal Story: A parent looking for answers
My 22 year old daughter has been dealing with undiagnosed stomach/digestive illness for the past 5 years. As she explains it, she feels hungry constantly despite eating regular meals and eating more food just makes her feel more sick. It is becoming debilitating and making it very hard for her to live normally. She cannot eat fruits and vegetables, as that just causes additional stomach pain and gas.
She is working with a Gastroenterologist and has had colonoscopies and endoscopies and everything always comes back normal. She has had gastric emptying tests and stool tests and everything comes back normal. She has had MRI’s and x-rays of her stomach.
She has seen more than 25 doctors over the years including gynecologist, neurologist and endocrinologists. Everything comes back normal (Thank God!) but yet she is still suffering.
What are we missing? Has anyone dealt with anything like this? Any advice or suggestions of where to go from here? Which type of MD or specialist may be able to help? Thank you in advance for your responses. It is greatly appreciated.