Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Gastroparesis and Ongoing Health Challenges I’m 53 years old and was disgnoised with Cardiac Sarcoidosis in 2019. I had a ICD device implanted December of that same year. I had been battling chest pains since 2015, and received conflicting medical disgnoises as to if I had heart attact in 2016, although two […]
Cynthia’s Personal Story
Cynthia’s Personal Story: “My son Sam finally was diagnosed with gastroparesis” My son Sam was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in 2016, underwent LVAD placement in November of that year, then had a heart transplant in December. He was 16 years old at the time. Post transplant he vomited every day and was constantly nauseous, and […]
Vern’s Personal Story
Vern’s Personal Story: Managing Gastroparesis Through Diet I just want to tell people how I control it. The most success ive had keeping it away, and if we’re all talking about the same thing, wouldnt u give almost anything to not have this affliction? I take a Nexium and probiotic everyday in morning. I eat […]
Shannon’s Personal Story
Shannon’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis I don’t know where to start with this. As I’m typing, I’m in a bad flare. Can barely keep broth and water down. The last time I was in a flare was over a year ago. But let’s go back to when this first started. In 2015, I was 32 years […]
Linda’s Personal Story
Linda’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis My story started about 1 month after my father died 5 years ago. First they told me I was just grieving but after a month they admitted to the hospital for tests. They couldn’t figure it out, but there was 1 Dr. reminded me of an old country Dr. wanted to […]
Engy’s Personal Story
Engy’s Personal Story: IBS-C and GERD in Search of Lasting Relief I’m a 22 year old college student from MN. Born in Egypt, raised in the US. I got diagnosed with IBS – Constipation & GERD when I was 15. I got Post – Infectious IBS from when I traveled back to my home country […]
Alicia’s Personal Story
Alicia’s Personal Story with gastroparesis Hello everyone! I am an 18 year old girl who has been throwing up my whole life. I have always had a bad relationship with food, but now it’s worse than I could ever imagined. For a while I just thought i couldn’t eat greasy or fried foods because i […]
Allison’s Personal Story
Allison’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis, SIBO, reflux and bloating Hi, my name is Allison and I am 21 years old. I’m a senior in college finishing out my final year with a Management degree. I was just diagnosed with Gastroparesis July of 2020. However, I’ve been dealing with stomach and GI issues for almost 2 years. […]
Tina’s Personal Story
Tina’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis I am recently diagnosed and it has been a long road tryi to figure out what was wrong with me. My old PCP keep insisting that nothing was wrong and all in my head but yet wouldn’t mind prescribing nausea meds and anti diarrhea meds. So I finally switched to a […]
Anonymous Personal Story:
Anonymous Personal Story: Gastroparesis I suffer from gastroparesis and I found that it was my antidepressant Effexor/venflaxin was the problem. So I was weaned off by my dr. of it and I’m so much better. I couldn’t eat, lost 30 lbs, vomiting daily. I can eat small meals now, stomach still blists and I have […]
Michaelynn’s Personal Story
Michaelynn’s Personal Story: Battling Persistent Diarrhea, Weight Loss, and a Gastroparesis Diagnosis My issues started in 2009 and it all started with persistant diarrhea, indigestion, heart palpitations and nausea. I was working a full time job and struggled to make it through each day with the diarrhea. They prescribed every drug for reflux but they […]
Eva Butler’s Personal Story
Eva Butler’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis My name is Eva Butler, and i have one peice of advice that has truly helped me I can also remember when i first got this condition. It was after a take away and something didnt feel right the food was not moving. Then the vommiting started, and saldy […]
