This morning, a story ran on NBC’s Today Show. It was about a young lady named Gentrie Hanson, who has gastroparesis, the same rare condition I’ve been diagnosed with.
You can click here to watch the feature.
While my experience is mine alone, it’s always good to know that you’re NOT alone! I also haven’t had as [...]
Saw my doctor at Cedars-Sinai today for results from last week’s tests, which all showed no abnormalities. That’s good news!
From here, he sees no reason for further testing. He is calling what I have “post-infectious gastroparesis”, believing that it was most likely brought on by whatever virus I was fighting the week after Christmas.
In [...]
The long, but good, weekend, started too early for my taste on Friday morning when the alarm went off at 5:00 am. Colleen, Jonathan and I headed out at 6:30 for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
I went through my first test with them in this gastrointestinal journey I’ve been on for the last 7 months. The Gastric [...]
I just now heard back from Cedars-Sinai. My Gastric Emptying Study has been scheduled for next Friday, August 6 at 8:30 am at Cedars. The follow-up appointment with the doctor for results will be on Thursday, August 19 at 11:30 am. I’ve asked them to put me on a list for cancellations to see if [...]
Cannot believe we are on the last full weekend of July! Cannot believe it has been 6 weeks since my gall bladder was removed! Cannot believe I am still having symptoms I had prior to the surgery, meaning that the gall bladder was not the problem! Cannot believe we are only 1 month away from [...]
I think the title of this post is an appropriate one for how I feel today in a few ways.
First, we leave tomorrow afternoon to drive north to attend Josh’s Sea Cadets Boot Camp Graduation and bring him home. He’s in the HOME STRETCH of his experience and we’re in the HOME STRETCH of missing [...]
A week ago, we left on Saturday to check Josh in at his Sea Cadets Boot Camp on Sunday at Camp Roberts, 200 miles north of here. You can see my last post for details on that. In the meantime, while we haven’t heard anything from Josh (and don’t expect to), there’s a website where [...]
Met with the surgeon for a follow-up appointment on Monday morning. He says everything looks good as far as surgery recovery is concerned.
Over the weekend, even after being home a few days and one week past surgery, I was feeling pretty exhausted. I realized my energy level BEFORE the surgery was already pretty low (maybe [...]
It’s been quite a wild ride the last few days. Even just typing this right now drains quite a bit of the energy from me. The last few days, knowing so many have been praying for me, has been a very deep honor. I appreciate it so much.
In my last post, I gave some history [...]
The last few days have been a bit rocky. In short, after a painful episode at 2:00 am on Memorial Day that lasted 2 hours, another at 1:00 am last Monday that ended with a visit to the ER, and a THIRD episode that began Wednesday night at 10:30 pm, I am writing this update [...]
