Quick update
I promise, this blog will not always be about my sweet wife and her health but I’ve had so many inquiries that I thought I’d give a quick update.
She is suffering from gastroperesis, a disorder that keeps her stomach from digesting food quickly enough. Bile has to go somewhere and in this case it is up. Several times a day it is up.
There is nausea and pain but she doesn’t complain.
She continues to work, mostly from home because throwing up is not something to behold in any office other than medical.
Dr. Blake McGowan, our family doctor, has mentioned a specialist in Memphis so we expect to be making a construction-delayed drive over soon.
There is a medicine that helps some with this condition, but it isn’t available in the USA.
Go figure.
I have to share this, on one of her really bad days Lisa Fischer, a long time friend, from B98 came to visit and she had us both laughing and smiling.
And her heart-felt and deeply personal prayer almost brought us to tears.
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Wally,
Actually, this is for Rachel. I know she’s seen quite a number of excellent physicians recently and hopefully is doing better each day, but wanted to suggest something that sounds a little crazy but…who knows. I suggest she try drinking vinegar. Organic, unfiltered, raw apple cider vinegar actually. I have for years and no longer suffer from reflux and haven’t been sick a day in years. The use of vinegar for health purposes goes back thousands of years. It’s an extremely popular homeopathic treatment overseas, especially Japan. Proponents make a ton of claims with respect to the good it does. I only know that I used to suffer frequently and terribly from acid reflux (which I know is a universe away from what Rachel is dealing with) and no longer do. So something is going on that medicine (my doc at least) can’t explain. I use Bragg’s (Drug Emporium on Rodney Parham). I drink an ounce three times a day diluted with at least a cup of water and whatever sweetener is preferred. (I’ve used Stevia, honey, Agave nectar and table sugar…which I use now.) You never know. Don’t think it will hurt. Might help. Good luck to you both.