Holiday update

Holidays are stressful and this is my first holiday season since being diagnosed. Plus I’m not maintaining weight even by going off my diet and eating like shit for weeks and feeling terrible or staying on my diet still feeling terrible just slightly less terrible and way more exhausted (Less calories equals no energy) I’m […]

It’s amazing how much can change in a year

It’s been a year since I got what I thought was a stomach bug and changed my life. It hasn’t been easy adjusting and I still struggle with my gastroparesis diagnosis and all the changes that have happened. It’s been hard on me and my family, but it has been really good as well and […]

Hope

I just have to say I am so grateful my primary doctor sent me to the Mayo Clinic I finally have a dr who cares and who is optimistic and hopeful and going to do whatever it takes to ensure I have the best quality of life possible. Also it’s possible my body will repair […]

Good vibes

It’s @mayoclinic official I have gastroparesis. We have known since the end of January but I had a crappy GI here in Savannah who even with my testing showing gastroparesis just kept insisting I needed my gallbladder out. While I may not be able to take the only medication for gastroparesis I have hope again […]

Second Chances

I’ve been wanting to write this post for awhile but, haven’t mainly cause I feel like I share too much in social media anyway and I figured people are probably tired of me sharing all the things when it comes to my health and personal stuff. After all social media is supposed to be our […]

It’s gastroparesis awareness month

The worst part of being sick is having people doubt your illness.

Whether a mental or physical illness or in my case both the worst feeling is having people think that you’re exaggerating, faking, or not as sick as you actually are. That you are playing it up for sympathy. Trust me I don’t nor do most chronically ill people want your sympathy. We want you to […]

Reglan and all the effects

I have had tardive dyskinesia before from buspar. Yep am currently experiencing symptoms from the reglan and being told that I need to continue with it until my follow up appointment in mid August because symptoms can go away. I got lucky that the first time they went away after several months but I am […]

Decisions decisions

So my 2 options are keep taking the reglan and seeing if the side effects go away cause that can happen so feel like shit for a few weeks (hopefully that’s how long ) take Benadryl as soon as my skin feels crawly and add meds to help with the sleepiness and not starve to […]

2 days is all it takes

I started reglan yesterday which is the only medication for gastroparesis in the US. I began having issues with tardive dyskinesia symptoms starting. My skin crawling and horrid panic. The last two days have been a major stuggle for me. It’s either I continue to take reglan and feel awful all the time or I […]