Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’

Declaring My Independence

Posted in: Personal Experience ♦ Saturday, July 3rd, 2010, 4:23 pm ♦ 2 Comments

Tomorrow is Independence Day, a holiday most often celebrated with picnics and barbecues.  Ironically, for the 5 million of us with gastroparesis, these food-centered events will remind us that we are not independent — at least when it comes to what, when, and how we eat (or how we feel afterward).
Gastroparesis is a life-altering disease. …
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Birthday Reflections…And Oprah Audition!

Posted in: Personal Experience ♦ Friday, June 11th, 2010, 4:32 pm ♦ 1 Comment

Today’s my 29th birthday! I’m officially “almost 30″…and I couldn’t be happier about that. The last several years were difficult ones but I’m glad that I kept the faith and kept fighting. Thanks to the gastric pacemaker, health counseling, this blog, and my amazing friends and family, my life has completely turned…
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Haley Bullock is Living Well with GP

Posted in: Lifestyle, Personal Experience ♦ Wednesday, March 24th, 2010, 12:11 am ♦ No Comments

I first read about  Haley Bullock’s experience with gastroparesis in the New York Times earlier this month.  Since I love nothing more than a GP success story, I immediately emailed Haley.
She was gracious enough to chat with me via phone last night and, I have to say, this spirited 23-year-old has truly figured out what…
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Share: Pick-Me-Ups

Posted in: Personal Experience ♦ Saturday, January 2nd, 2010, 5:42 pm ♦ 3 Comments

It doesn’t matter how positive you are or how good your outlook on life is, from time to time the frustration of living day-in and day-out with gastroparesis gets the better of us all.   I think that’s natural and to be expected, but the key is not to wallow in it for too long.