What does it mean when your Endo asks at every appt if you are having stomach pains? I’m thinking he’s asking because it’s a sign of gastroparisis??? Does your Endo ask the same question at every appointment?
I’ve never had mine ask this & I do have gastroparesis. Mine wasn’t diagnosed frrom stomach pains, but I’d guess that’s why he’s asking you. My endo believes gastroparesis is more prevalent than people realize. I get the usual list of other questions, though.
i’ve never had that question either… However, I read once in Diabetes Forcast Magazine, that diabetes effects the nerves in the stomach. Which I believe has contributed to my past problems with IBS.
Yogi
There are some common diabetic checkup questions that may seem a little anachronistic. Example: Over 30 years of T1, probably hundreds of checkups, I’ve had docs ask me about any E.D. symptoms at every appointment ever since I was a teenager. And foot circulation too.
Stomach pains can be related to DKA (But I’m guessing that other DKA symptoms would be present too.)
Yeah, I’ve been asked about my libido also!!! LOL I know I turned 10 shades of red when he asked that question! LOL
I thought about DKA, also.
Had IBS with diarrhea since I was 16. Was rarely solid, got tested for a bunch of stuff, camera twice extra. Something odd happened when I was DXed I became clock work and nice and solid. The foods that I knew would have me running to the bathroom, I can drink milk again and eat spicy food without problem
OTOH… I had lots of IBS symptoms (cramping and bowel movement problems) from my early childhood up through my early adullthood. I’d miss several days of school per year in elementary school for example. At one point in my 20’s it was particularly severe and I was getting absolutely no help (just criticism!) from the medical establishment.
But… in the past 10 or 15 years or so, all those symptoms have simply gone away. So much so, that I hardly ever think about the problems.
I doubt that any of it had to do with bg control but I’ll have to mull it all over and see if it could be related.
It’s possible that my eating habits have simply “matured” to the point where whatever was messing up my guts, I just don’t let it happen anymore. But it wasn’t a conscious effort.
If your doc asked about stomach pains in the same breath he asked about frequent urination, panting (Kussmaul) breathing, etc., I’m guessing that he’s working from a ask-questions-about-DKA-symptoms script.
The questions might seem to be anachronistic in a way but the doc’s just going over the standard things-you-ask-a-diabetic and to tell you the truth if he wasn’t asking, maybe he isn’t really doing his job.
As you get older you’ll also get more and more of the cardiovascular questioning probably. Not sure how old you are right now. Maybe some of the questions are embarrasing but really the doc isn’t doing his job if he doesn’t cover all the bases at least briefly.
While I’ve never had my doctor ask me this. I do know that when I wasn’t taking care of myself years ago and had high BG for a very long time I ended up with pancreatitus. It caused A LOT of stomach pain…
Why not ask him why he asks that question?
Zoe, I think I WILL ask him next time I see him. You know when you’re asked something and don’t think much of it at the time? Then later you start wondering why you were asked that question…
Well you know, After that web interview I had with Dr. Rivkah, i’ve learned that so many diseases can start off as/from digestive problems.
Yogi
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@Anonymous Jim
Wow, now this is interesting… Because for years I thought I had lactose intolerance. However, about two years ago, I had a little bit of whole milk, and guess what? Nothing happened!! Same thing when I had a little ice cream. I thought it was my imagination, now you have confirmed it for me!!
Have there been studies on this? If I back track, it seems as though it stopped after I started my insulin treatment, and lactose is a form of sugar…
Yogi
I just realized, Your profile says that your T1. Many T1 friends of mine suffer from celiac disease, could this be? Well, when you see him ask him, i’m interested in knowing myself.
Yogi
I was tested for Celiac Disease in 2006 and thankfully, I don’t have it.
I have gastroparesis also. My thought was also because of Celiacs. I actually had stomach issues I thought were from gastroparesis (including pain) that went away when I quit eating gluten. Just because you were tested for Celiacs and did not have it doesn’t mean that you won’t get it in the future. They do recommend getting retested so many years apart (I am not sure what that period is though).
Hmmm. I didn’t know that they retested for Celiac. I know one thing for sure is that I’ve been having stomach pains in the morning after eating breakfast. It’s only after breakfast!!! You think it’s something to worry about?
My pains weren’t just after breakfast, but I also ate stuff with gluten in for lunch & dinner. What kinds of things do you eat for breakfast compared to lunch & dinner (like gluten, fat and even lactose)? I would ask your doctor because something is causing the pain & without knowing what it is, it is hard to say if you should worry or not.
Well, I used to eat oatmeal but I got to a point where had to force myself to eat it. Then I tried eating eggs, than I tried eating a banana. Currently, I’m only eating a slice of bread with cinnamon on it. I know…it’s not much of a breakfast but, I don’t know what to eat.
Not sure if all those different things are causing pain. If you had toast with your eggs, then it could be gluten (I have no idea about oatmeal because I don’t eat that stuff!).