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Dehydration is a Medical Emergency
I finally got home yesterday after being hospitalized for a couple of days. I began to get really ill last week and I could not stop vomiting. Finally, early Tuesday evening, the room started going...
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Information About The Different Kinds of Feeding Tubes Part 1
There are many kinds of feeding tubes out there that can help with Gastroparesis/DTP. I have approached this article a bit different because I do not have feeding tube experience, yet. For the first...
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Weight Gain, Starvation, & Gastroparesis
A friend of mine sent me a message about two months ago asking me questions about Gastroparesis because she was scared. The Gastroenterologist she saw told her a lot of different things that did not...
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The Benefits of Cannabis for Gastroparesis and Other Chronic Illnesses
I was asked recently why I share and promote medical studies, clinical trials, but never anything about medical marijuana or cannabis? I am not against cannabis one bit, and I want to make that very...
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Writing a Gastroparesis Book - And Need Your Help
So, I have been debating on whether or not to write a GP book for years, now. The reason I haven't done so yet is that I remember what it's like not to have health insurance and having to choose...
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Patient Profiling: Drug Seekers, Medical Slang, and Malpractice
I posted an article that made me extremely angry. You can read it here:ADDICTS USING GASTROPARESIS IN ORDER TO ABUSE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.I have heard story after story from people with chronic pain,...
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Researchers Develop A Wearable Twenty-Four Hour GI Tract Monitor
My friend Kendall brought this to my attention. I thought it was an interesting monitoring system, and less invasive than other GI tests. I do not know much about this topic, but I was happy to learn...
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Patient Profiling: Medical Slang Only
This website owner really did her homework! I was stunned when I started searching for more sources with medical slang that can be used around patients because of the PATIENT PROFILING ARTICLE I...
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Patient Rights & Patient Advocacy
As a patient, you do have rights and responsibilities when it comes to the doctor's office or the hospital. I have written about this previously, but I wanted to dedicate an article to it so that you...
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How to Get Along with Difficult People: Especially in the Medical Community
According to https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/8-ways-to-deal-with-people-that-you-dont-like-a7810126.html,"Unless you're a genetic anomaly, it's likely you will meet people you don't like...
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Gastrectomy
I have had several friends, all of whom suffer from Gastroparesis and other chronic illnesses, have stomach surgeries. Some of them have had Gastric Bypasses or Nissen Fludoplications (which, you can...
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June is Dysphagia Awareness Month and Esophageal Dilation
Dysphagia is, according to American College of Gastroenterology,"Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe difficulty swallowing. Dysphagia includes difficulty starting a swallow (called...
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Per Oral Endoscopic PyloromyotomyImag (POP) Surgery, GPOEM, and ERCP
I have had this subject saved to write about since March of this year. Life has just gotten in the way, so I've been unable to complete the article like I wanted to. However, I wanted to do some...
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How and Why does Temperature Affect Chronic Illness?
I have wondered why temperature has affected chronic illnesses for a while. I have a few chronic illnesses (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Gastroparesis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Endometriosis,...
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Cyber Bullying Can Lead to Suicide
Words hurt, whether you mean them to or not. It's very hard to interpret tone over the Internet. However, with that being said, some people use cruel words and cyber bully you. They even get their...
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WEGO Health Awards
I've been nominated for 5 Wego Health awards for my work with Gastroparesis. I don't think I'm going to win but it's a nice self esteem boost. I've been nominated for "Best in Show: Facebook,""Best in...
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Low Potassium & Low Magnesium and Their Effects on the Body
I have had this myself. It is really hard for me to eat and keep my food down, and when I am that ill, I cannot even keep water down. I usually drink Liquid IV, which I have taken pictures of and...
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My Personal Oral Surgery Journey (Ongoing and Will Be Updated As I Go)
In 2017, I wrote an article called, "Gastroparesis' Effects on Dental Health." Please read it, if you have not already, because it explains what is happening to my teeth as we speak.This is an ongoing...
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Interstitial Cystitis (IC)
Interstitial Cystitis (IC)Image Source: HEREAccording to the Mayo Clinic,"Interstitial cystitis (in-tur-STISH-ul sis-TIE-tis) is a chronic condition causing bladder pressure, bladder pain and sometimes...
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My Personal Oral Surgery Journey Part 2
You can read Part 1 of my implant experiences and what surgery I chose to do HERE.I have to say that this is the most brutal surgery I have ever been through. When I walked into the oral surgeon's...
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Coronavirus & Gastroparesis & Chronic Illnesses/Autoimmune Illnesses Part 1
Information About the Coronavirus and How to Protect Yourself - Especially, with AutoimmunityThis is going to be a long article. I might break it up into two parts so that it will not be a novel. I am...
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Building and Maintaining Trusting Relationships with a Chronic Illness
We all have lost friends over the years. I know that some friends and I have just grown a part from not talking as much as we used to. I know that if I pick up the phone and call those people, they...
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Gastroparesis: Tiffany Dunn's Story
Lily Marie C.Lily was the only one in her middle school to be published with a haiku she wrote about her Aunt and her Aunt's struggle with Gastroparesis. Her Aunt's name is Tiffany and she helps with...
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Information About The Different Kinds of Feeding Tubes Part 2
If you would like to read part one of the article, you can do so here: http://www.emilysstomach.com/2019/02/information-about-different-kinds-of.htmlp inoI had to split it up because as one article, it...
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Information About Frequently Prescribed Gastroparesis Medications: Part One
This comes from the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation . I get a lot of questions about medications to help manage Gastroparesis symptoms. I probably will have to break this up into parts, due to...
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