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Petition for Recognizing Gastroparesis as a Disability by the SSA

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  • Sep 17th, 2017
    Someone from Ogden, UT writes:
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    Gastroparesis is A debilitating disease I wish upon no one else.
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  • Sep 16th, 2017
    Steve G. from Los Lunas, NM writes:
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    Gastroparesis is a horrific condition that results in a dimmished quality of life. People with this condition suffer with extreme pain and CAN NOT hold down a regular job. Please help ....please!!!
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  • Sep 11th, 2017
    Jennifer C. from Ralph, AL signed.
  • Sep 10th, 2017
    Jody R. from Dayton, OH signed.
  • Sep 10th, 2017
    Candace S. from Sachse, TX signed.
  • Sep 5th, 2017
    Carol R. from Tomball, TX signed.
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    Carol R. from Tomball, TX signed.
  • Sep 4th, 2017
    Elizabeth R. from Trenton, MI writes:
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    Gastroparesis is a severe and dibilitating disease that completely changes patients lives. Without the recognition of the SSA, many people lose everything just trying to survive.
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  • Aug 31st, 2017
    Someone from Columbia, TN writes:
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    Gastroparesis is a debilitating disease and the SSA should recognize this disease as a disability allowing people who have it to be able to apply for disability.
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  • Aug 26th, 2017
    Someone from Camp Hill, PA signed.
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    Someone from Indianapolis, IN signed.
  • Aug 22nd, 2017
    Jill V. from Amesbury, MA signed.
  • Aug 22nd, 2017
    Someone from Dedham, MA writes:
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    It is a very nasty thing to have My Neice has this she is constantly in discomfort!!!!
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  • Aug 18th, 2017
    Jennifer R. from Vermontville, NY writes:
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    It is also caused by long term narcotic use.
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  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Michael M. from Champlain, NY signed.
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    Someone from Walden, NY signed.
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    Someone from Clifton Park, NY signed.
  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Angie H. from Sand Springs, OK signed.
  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Helen W. from Mulhall, OK writes:
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    My sister sufferes this debilitating disease ,and it should most certainly be a reason for disability considering she can't eat and has to be fed thru a bag
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  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Kathy N. from Wagoner, OK writes:
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    I am a GP patient. I struggle each day with pain so bad it leaves me curled up crying and wishing I would close my eyes and not wake up, vomiting, nausea that never ends, starving because I can't keep anything down but forced to try and work because I have bills and need medical insurance because I would die without it. People who don't suffer from this have no idea the hell we live daily. Your have to travel long distances just to find a doctor who actually knows how to treat this condition because there are very few. We need awareness on this condition. I do not understand how you give someone disability for a mental issue but deny us the same right when we are literally fighting for our lives daily...
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  • Aug 17th, 2017
    April A. from Saranac Lake, NY writes:
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    My oldest daughter found out she has this debilitating disease and watching her suffer with it causes me to feel useless in being able to help her much with what she's going through. I worry about her constantly; especially what her future is going to be like. I can't believe that it's not considered a disability! If any of the congressmen's children had this disease, you can bet there would be something done about it.
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  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Someone from Saranac Lake, NY writes:
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    No one should have to live with a disease like this. Being paranoid to eat and drink; for fear of pain and sickness, on a daily basis. Two vital and fundamentally natural parts of being a human (or any living creature); reduced to something you almost dread; from the outcome. Not acknowledging a disease such as this as a disability - is simply ignorant and heartless. I know. I live with it.
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  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Miriam S. from Columbia, SC signed.
  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Kay S. from Newport News, VA signed.
  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Someone from Raeford, NC signed.
  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Barbara G. from Shelbyville, TN writes:
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    I have suffered from this horrible disease for 10 years. I had to leave my job, that I loved, because of this disease in 2015. It has became severe to the point that most days I have trouble just to hold down water. Some days I cant eat or drink anything. Every day, I have to stay close to a bathroom or carry a bucket around with me. I can no longer lay down in a bed because I risk aspiration. So for the past 2 years, I have slept in a recliner. I really should not say sleep, I nap. I do not get no more than 3 hours of sleep in a day due to severe pain and other symptoms. This is not living. This is just surviving at this point.
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  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Angela M. from Dumfries, VA writes:
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    Any disability is serious I feel like it should definetly be recognized so we can find a cure.
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  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Bradley J. from Brooklyn, NY signed.
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    Amanda C. from Bedford, VA signed.
  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Tammy R. from Bulverde, TX writes:
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    Gastroparesis is a debilitating medical process.
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  • Aug 16th, 2017
    Windt H. from Conway, NH signed.
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    Kimberly S. from New Braunfels, TX signed.
  • Aug 15th, 2017
    Jodi D. from Tucson, AZ writes:
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    I personally struggle with gastroparesis. I am a hard dedicated worker. However, due to this disease, I am not reliable as day to day my symptoms restrict me. I cannot hold a job if I can't make it. Please hear our cry and see this as a disability!
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  • Aug 13th, 2017
    Bobbi Amanda S. from Mccomb, MS signed.
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    Brittany L. from Hopkins, SC signed.
  • Aug 9th, 2017
    Melissa R. from Memphis, TN signed.
  • Aug 5th, 2017
    Amanda L. from La Porte City, IA writes:
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    I suffer from gastroparesis, it makes my daily life very difficult. It is definitely a disability.
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  • Aug 4th, 2017
    Veronica M. from Mercedes, TX writes:
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    Gastroparesis is a disability
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