Just about every day for the past year or so, I always do web searches for Gastroparesis and look at the current news regarding the disease. More times that not, a news search for this condition comes up empty in terms of finding anything new and exciting.
So imagine my surprise when I did a search today and up came a story about a procedure being tested at Johns Hopkins. It is too soon to tell (they have only tried it on three patients - but all three have come out the procedure feeling better). You can read more about the procedure here.
Nobody wants false hope, but this at the very least seems promising. It is a procedure that tries to strike at the core of the condition, rather than just treat the symptoms of the condition. Time will tell if it actually becomes a gold standard procedure for Gastroparesis patients, and whether or not it will have a high success rate. As you know, most every magical cure for diseases that no longer pose a major threat to us had to start somewhere - perhaps this is the start of something big for Gastroparesis.
We can only continue to hope and pray that is the case.
So imagine my surprise when I did a search today and up came a story about a procedure being tested at Johns Hopkins. It is too soon to tell (they have only tried it on three patients - but all three have come out the procedure feeling better). You can read more about the procedure here.
Nobody wants false hope, but this at the very least seems promising. It is a procedure that tries to strike at the core of the condition, rather than just treat the symptoms of the condition. Time will tell if it actually becomes a gold standard procedure for Gastroparesis patients, and whether or not it will have a high success rate. As you know, most every magical cure for diseases that no longer pose a major threat to us had to start somewhere - perhaps this is the start of something big for Gastroparesis.
We can only continue to hope and pray that is the case.
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