I Can Foundation: How Can It Help Gastroparesis Patients?
Allie Hoeland, executive director of the I Can Foundation, describes the mission and how the foundation can help people suffering with gastroparesis.
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Allie:
Our main goal is to really find a cure. Right now there’s a ton of medications out there that people can try, but not one of them has been developed specifically for gastroparesis. They are all developed for something else and applied to this disease. So we are out there trying to get funding to be able to find a cure, whether that’s funding research through doctors or helping a company get ready coming out with a new medication, whatever that may be.
On our website under ‘Patient Resources’ we have links to some amazing websites and some amazing advocates for the disease that have nutritional information, all the different medications that are out there – homeopathic, diet, everything that you could need as a patient there will be links on our website and also on there we have how people can get involved.
Everyone with gastroparesis is at a completely different level of functioning. We have options on there where people can get involved simply from their computer and then we have other options where people can hold their own fundraisers or even come and attend one of ours.
We really want people to help us increase awareness for the disease and get involved and feel like they are making a difference and they are working towards a cure for their own problem.
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Please help us. I need to know if there is any funding out there that can help pay for a gastric stimulator for my 4 year old. We have done the temporary one an her digestion improved tremendosly. We need help with this. You can xcontact us at natashalovold@hotmail.com.
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