Proclamation to Establish August as Gastroparesis Awareness Month
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Feb 1st, 2016Someone from Hagerstown, MD signed.
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Feb 1st, 2016Someone from Laurel, MD writes:
I have fought multiple battles that have threatened my life. By God's beautiful grace, I am still alive. I am just one of the people, among many, who are fighting to BREAK THE SILENCE that hovers, keeping us sick and down. Down, not because of an unhappy spirit, but because of a body that is breaking down from these Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. A body that has very little energy and strength; a body going through a roller coaster ride of good days and bad; a body that cannot eat, cannot do simple everyday things people don't think about and take for granted. The millions and millions suffering need an awareness month to help us reach out, help those suffering, as well as those truly looking for a way out of this. With August being designated as our month, we can hold annual events to increase awareness and funds to help with research, and those whose lives are being torn apart by not being able to see a doctoe.Jan 31st, 2016Someone from Woodbridge, VA signed.
Jan 28th, 2016Someone from Westport, MA signed.
Jan 28th, 2016Someone from Ellettsville, IN writes:
This disease stopped my long time government career. I wonder how far I could have gone before this monster came along!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 24th, 2016Someone from Seffner, FL signed.
Jan 23rd, 2016Someone from Upper Sandusky, OH signed.
Jan 23rd, 2016Someone from Tampa, FL writes:
I have this disease and we need your support so we can live a life worth livingREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2016Someone from Albuquerque, NM writes:
I have Gastroparesis. There are also 5 million people with Gastroparesis. Our sstomachs no longer work or can function to normal abilities. Gastroparesis is like having the flu/stomach virus 24/7. No matter the severity nausea and/ or vomiting can lead to malnutrition. There is no cure! Can we please get a recognition month for Gastroparesis?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 20th, 2016Someone from Conway, AR writes:
Gastroparesis is a disability. Why people with this can't draw Social Security Disability is beyond me. This is a disease that makes them confined to home some or in bed some hooked to IV'S or feeding tubes. How does one go about working in this situation. Common sense tells you that it's impossible. They need to be on disability and have a good insurance. Come on let's get this passed so they can have some kind of life.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 19th, 2016Someone from Shawnee, OK signed.
Jan 18th, 2016Someone from Charleston, SC writes:
Please give us a helping hand in spreading awareness. 5 million people in US alone have this devestating, little known about disease with no cure!! I suffer from GP and its a miserable disease. Please help us spread awareness?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 18th, 2016Someone from Glen Gardner, NJ signed.
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Jan 13th, 2016Someone from Chickamauga, GA signed.
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Dec 19th, 2015Someone from Charleston, SC signed.
Dec 17th, 2015Someone from San Tan Valley, AZ signed.
Nov 26th, 2015Someone from Kearneysville, WV signed.
Nov 25th, 2015Someone from Saint Paul, MN writes:
Please help improve awareness among the public and among the health-care community. Financial help for professionals who are considering gastroparesis as a specialty study would be a wise preparation for today's and tomorrow's patients. I am a newly diagnosed patient. There are few doctors or dietitians in my community that even understand this physical problem. Appointments for these very few professionals are months and months in the making. Counselors are almost nonexistent. Essentially, my family and I are part of a local science project with me as the patient, the theoretician, and the technologist most of the time. This is not the way modern medicine is supposed to be conducted. My case is an unfortunate side-effect of abdominal surgery. Surgeries in the vicinity of the vagus nerve are increasingly common as surgeons attempt more surgical interventions for gastric issues (as well as the many standard surgical intrusions into the abdomen, such as gall bladder surgery) and the case load for gastroparesis as a side effect is growing. Too bad for these new patients--unless the awareness among health care professionals increases, these new patients will also be self-science projects like me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 25th, 2015Someone from Las Vegas, NV signed.
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