In 2004; I started having abdominal pain. After 3 trips to the hospital for morphine, they me to GI doctor. They did a gall bladder test and even though my gall bladder didn’t show non-functioning, they took it out. Two months later, I started going through the same thing. Five months later and every test in the GI spectrum and 25 pounds lighter, nothing worked. I went off gluten and all processed foods. My internist thought it was food related. I took a Medical leave from my job because 4 percosets a day did nothing but make me loopy. They also put me on antidepressants. Every time a test would come back showing I was perfect, I would get more depressed.

My stomach would go into convulsions when I hadn’t eaten for a while and it took weeks to be able to eat. I feel like someone stabbed and punched me in the abdomin continuosly.

I managed for years when my internist finally told me there was nothing more she could do. She sent me to a pain specialist. The pain doctor did a radio-oblation on my splanich nerve which “thank God” gave me relief and l gained back the weight in 3 years and I finally have a life. He told me it would last 6 months to 2 years. This week, I’m going in for another one because the pain, stomach cramping and no eating is back.

Three days ago, I saw an article about MALS and am checking it out.

I ended up retiring early because of this.