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WAYNE’S PERSONAL STORY

For twenty years I vomited every day, every single jghft day. then it went into certain times like 12:00 lunch time at work .I would race home throw up on the way home get in my shower hot water seems to help, shower for 20 min and head back to work tired wore out.I was […]

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ANONYMOUS’S PERSONAL STORY

The Worst Nightmare of an IBS Sufferer: Don’t worry, you WILL laugh at me, and it is okay. Part of my coping is my ability to laugh at some of the unfortunate incidences associated with IBS. My boyfriend and I went on our weekly date night. I knew something was brewing when we sat down, […]

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Anonymous Personal Story

Anonymous Personal Story: Severe Urgency After Hemicolectomy and Embracing Life with Confidence I’m really not completely bowel incontinent but after a hemicolectomy (removal of aprox 1′ of decsending colon for concentrated diverticulum), I began to experience very severe urgency. It is such that even with a bathroom near by, I rarely make it. Every effort […]

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Kolja’s Personal Story

Kolja’s Personal Story: Developing IBS-D After Food Poisoning My story: Yes. I have either functional diarrhoea or indeed IBS-D. Several gastroenterologists that I had wound up going to seem to be ‘fence-sitting‘ on this one. Something; IBS, others unexplained diarrhoea, and one gastroenterologist thought Munchausen Syndrome, as to play ‘hookie’ (skipping school). Point is, that […]

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JULIE’S PERSONAL STORY

Never thought I would see the day that I would be writing on Google about my dis-motility disorders. Well here goes, I have sooo many dis-orders, that the Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic have both told me there is nothing they can do for me, at the age of 50, am now 55.I now am […]

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Brenda’s Personal Story

Brenda’s Personal Story- Gastroparesis and Emetophobia I thought my life couldn’t possibly get any worse. Yes, I have an amazing husband and three awesome kids ranging from age 13-22.Sometime around February of 2014 I was called to come into my doctor’s office immediately. He walked in the room and had two boxes in his one […]

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Lindsay’s Personal Story

Lindsay’s Personal Story- An Advocate’s Story DHA advocate Lindsay has made great strides to raise awareness and funds for gastroparesis. The first annual Go With Your Gut 5K was held in Hilliard, Ohio, on August 23rd of 2014. Lindsay crushed her $3,000 fundraising goal, bringing in more than $9,000 to benefit research into idiopathic gastroparesis […]

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Catherine’s Personal Story

Catherine’s Personal Story: Severe Gastroparesis I was just diagnosed with Gastroparesis about two weeks ago, I can not hold down solid foods for long. i finally got in to see the gi doctor and he sent me to take a gastric emptying study done and it said that i have a sever case of gastroparesis. […]

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TOM’S PERSONAL STORY

Problems started around 10 yrs. old with very bad gasteral pains on rare occasions until 19 then was in car accident and 6 months later had exploratory surgery for torn entestine and hernia and removed appendix while they were already in there. Had 2 inches below stomach removed doc said I would be on Rolaids […]

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Gastroparesis Advocates Raise Their Voices for Awareness from Coast to Coast

Gastroparesis Advocate, Patient Education and Advocacy Specialist with the Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders (AGMD), and IFFGD Patient Advisory Committee member, Melissa Adams VanHouten, talks about amplifying the voice of the gastroparesis community during Gastroparesis Awareness Month in August through a grassroots campaign to establish official proclamations in cities and states across the nation. Gastroparesis, […]

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Written Comments to SSA September 23, 2019

The following written comments were submitted to the Office of Disability Policy of the Social Security Administration (SSA) by IFFGD President, Ceciel T. Rooker, in response to Docket No. SSA-2017-0042 on September 23, 2019.     Thank you for your leadership at the Office of Disability Policy. The International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) is grateful for the […]

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Written Comments to FDA December 30, 2019

The following written comments were submitted to the Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration by IFFGD President, Ceciel T. Rooker, in response to Docket No. FDA-2019-D-4247 on December 30, 2019.     Thank you for your leadership at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The International Foundation for […]

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