I’m 31 and I was diagnosed around 3 years ago. I’m a wife and a mother to 2 amazing boys that unfortunately are more used to mom being sick more often then not.
It’s so hard with Gastroparesis. ER doctors never have a clue what to do. My own GI took a long time to figure it out. In the end, it was his RN that diagnosed me in about 5 minutes of talking to me and steered me in the right direction.
Some radioactive eggs later and we learned for sure I had severe Gastroparesis as over 50% of the food was still left in my stomach after 4 hours.
I’ve lost my career and all 3 “back up” jobs and am now filing for disability.
This is not who I am and yet… here I am, basically living with the flu 24/7.
I’m trying to be a good mom and a good wife and give my family a life they deserve.
More knowledge, more awareness is everything.
Please help all of us.
