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It taught me that the person who will love you most in your entire life is your mom and your dad. And most importantly Its taught me that you need to do what you can today because you don’t know what tomorrow will bring.

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At first I was embarrassed to have this disorder and if I’m being honest I still am but I have learned to live with it. I have come to realize that this condition has made me who I am today.

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the time of day when it happens is completely unpredictable It’s really hard to explain to people why I was in class A block but  I went to the bathroom during C Block and never came back….

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With the help of medications, we were able to get the sickness under control. Instead of vomiting every morning, it happens every 18-24 days. Sadly, even with all the medicine I take,

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The doctors then broke the news, there is no cure and I will live the rest of my life with this.

my mother and I were so trouble by the news but the doctors reassured us that they would do everything in their power to “regulate” my cycles of vomiting.

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It’s a condition that’s characterized by episodes of severe vomiting without an  apparent cause. 2 percent of teens/children are said to have this. Episodes can last anywhere from 1 day to a week and some cases requires hospitalization. Such as the time i was hospitalized for 6 days because i could not keep any fluids in.

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Another month or two went by before were recommended to a gastroenterologist team at rainbows babies hospital, who provided us hope that we would get to the bottom of this. After more testing and more consultations the doctors they reached a conclusion, and diagnosed me with cyclic vomiting syndrome

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. Abdominal pain plagued  me making it agonizing to even cough. And worst of all, no one knew what the heck was wrong with me. We were hopeless.

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. Waking up every morning with the sound of your once little boy retching for hours on end.

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but to our surprise, the doctors came up with nothing. My mom was distraught; I can’t imagine there being much worse situations for a parent

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it’s time to seek medical advice.

If there was any type of medical testing, I went through It.

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At first my mom and I credited these episodes of nausea to me getting over a flu. But after months of me throwing up every morning and fighting nausea throughout day we decided,

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in March of 2015  I started a new morning routine. I would jump out of bed plagued with nausea  and rush and rushing to the bathroom to vomit.

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