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Relationships
Having a spouse, companion, or friend understand, intimacy, adjusting to life of illness, financial impact, having a child, raising a family, pregnancy, impact of illness on family
How to be supportive of spouse's diet
- By Katie1978 · New reply June 30, 2009
- 5 replies
- My partner is starting a medically supervised weight loss program. It means eating special bars or shakes in place of 2 or 3 meals a day. The products are made of things that I can't tolerate, especially ...
What kind of relationships does this disease REALLY allow?
- By babykityn · New reply June 11, 2009
- 22 replies
- A few years ago, I was considered a fun, outgoing, up for anything, always there for her friends kind of person. Now it seems like I am the friend that ruins her "friends" fun. Noone can count on me to ...
recently married and recently diagnosed with GP
- By Molly2 · New reply September 5, 2008
- 13 replies
- I am 31, I have only been married 2 years and was diagnosed with GP about 1 month ago, after being in crippling pain for 2 weeks (with a "nervous stomach" according to the ER). Finally they found out ...
Support Groups
- By Kimberly1 · New reply December 25, 2007
- 19 replies
- Does anyone know of any support groups for people with Gastroparesis that get together in the VA area? My sister has had Gastroparesis for the past few years and could really use someone to talk to or ...
