Grace’s Personal Story
Grace’s Personal Story: COVID-19 and Gastroparesis I contracted COVID-19 in 2021, and by 2022, I had lost 100 lbs and was taking in as few as 200 calories a day due to constant nausea. It took a year and a half (as well as numerous hospitalizations and thousands of dollars in medical debt) to get […]
Kat’s Personal Story
Kat’s Personal Story: “Medical doctors can be so cruel and unhelpful when it comes to giving advice and seeking solutions for IBS” My story began in the 1980’s & 90’s, but gastro issues tend to manifest throughout my family, my grandfather had diverticulitis, so did my mom, my uncle had problems with his esophageal sphincter […]
Tonya’s Personal Story
Tonya’s Personal Story: I was told my gastroparesis was such things as it is viral, IBS, or constipation. Hello. It took me awhile to get my official Gastroparesis diagnosis. My symptoms started in the military. While serving though, I was told such things as it is viral, IBS, or constipation. Many years later, through the […]
Dee’s Personal Story
Dee’s Personal Story: “I’ve been suffering all my life with constipation and stomach issues” I have been suffering all my life with constipation and stomach issues. I have had many “exploratory” surgeries growing up. I have had laxatives, fruit and you name it. I Offset when it worked with anti-diarrhea when it went bad the […]
Solveig’s Personal Story:
Solveig’s Personal Story: “It’s hard to find a joy in eating now” I guess my story is a bit all over the place. My whole body is a mess to begin with. I’m in investigation for a genetic disorder that would explain the many conditions affecting most of my body’s systems. Basically my health’s getting […]
Noor’s Personal Story:
Noor’s Personal Story: Difficult to diagnose I started gas problem in 2007 and this problem continued for two whole months and I took some medicine of immunity from my country and got cured. When I went to any country for some work, this gas problem would start again in three or four days, and that’s […]
Kynlee’s Personal Story
Kynlee’s Personal Story: ‘When “Just follow the diet,” doesn’t work’ On August 1st, I had a gastric emptying study done at the Hershey Med Center to test for gastroparesis. A gastric emptying study involves eating a small meal with a radioactive tracer in it. You then have images taken right after eating, an hour after […]
Nicole’s Personal Story
Nicole’s Personal Story: “As a 19 year old, seeing a future with my diet primarily consisting of liquids was too much” I’ve had numerous health struggles since middle school, many involving GI and abdominal issues. Gastroparesis didn’t come into the picture until college. It started with a bezoar causing me to black out in the […]
Sabrina’s Personal Story
Sabrina’s Personal Story: “I thought I would die but I woke up” I am 52 and I’m not sure how long I have had gastroparesis. I had a very large hiatal hernia 2017 had a hernia surgery but got worse few months later. Found out my gallbladder collapsed and hernia came back so I had […]
Lindsey’s Personal Story
Lindsey’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis, 2 Hiatal hernias, SMA syndrome, acid reflux, etc My story involves more than just gastroparesis. So I can’t really recall the first time I had most of these symptoms because well it’s been that long. Basically my whole life I would eat like a bird. I would practically eat 2-3 bites […]