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THANKS TO EVERYONE
WHO GRABBED THEIR WALKING SHOES AND JOINED HANDS UNITED FOR GASTROPARESIS AWARENESS!
DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR GP WALK PHOTOS TO:
OCTOBER 23, 2011
Our mission:
To hold a day of Gastroparesis Awareness by taking one step at a time for a cure!
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Click here to watch the 2010 'United GP Walk' video:
How does the
Nationwide United GP walk work?
- The walk will be held Sunday October 23, 2011 from 3:00pm-4:00pm or as decided per individual or group.
Each person interested in participating only needs to walk 1+ miles around his or her home, park, work or anywhere you decide.
You can walk as an individual, with family, friends or as a group.
Send
information to:
gpawarenessfund@fuse.net
or
gpawarenessfund@yahoo.com
*Please bring a camera to document
your walk. Photos will be used to make the second annual United GP Walk video.
Let’s
all join together helping to raise Gastroparesis Awareness One Step at a Time!
 States & Countries Who Participated In The 2nd Annual 'United
GP Walk' 2011:
Australia:
South
Australia
Puerto
Rico:
San
Juan
United States:
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nevada
New
Mexico
New
Hampshire
North
Carolina
New
York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South
Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
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THANK
YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THE FIRST NATIONWIDE UNITED GP WALK A HUGE SUCCESS!
Many thanks to the 'How
To Cope With Pain' organization for sharing information on the Nationwide United GP Walk!
http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/
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| United GP Walk-*Palm Coast, Florida location |
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| Flagler Beach Pier 3:00PM-4:00PM |
States signed
up for the 2010 United GP Walk:
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
*22 states united together walking for Gastroparesis Awareness. Many thanks to everyone who walked
at this first nationwide event.
Together indeed my friends we will find a cure!
Thank you to those who participated in the first Gastroparesis
Walk for a cure!
KEEP ON! KEEPING ON!
"You've got to believe deep inside yourself that you're destined to do great things"
-Joe Paterno
Walk An Hour For A Good Cause!
My name is Billie Sweeney and I reside in Winterset, Iowa.
I have had Idiopathic Gastroparesis for 14 years with the last three years being extremely
challenging.
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I was an outgoing college athlete whose life was turned upside down when I was diagnosed with
Gastroparesis in 1996. I lost the ability to eat solid foods, my weight declined rapidly, and I was unable to do the things
that were once such a big part of my life. I didn't have the energy anymore. I couldn't go for a drive with my best friend
without vomiting. I couldn't walk down the aisle at my sister's wedding without being injected full of pain medications. MY
LIFE HAD FOREVER CHANGED.
Since that time I have continued to suffer from extreme nausea, pain, vomiting, and dehydration.
it is difficult to function and have a normal life. There have also been chronic, physical and emotional aspects to this illness.
I have to endure numerous feeding tubes, TPN, IV nutrition treatments, and several hospital stays. Imagine never being able
to eat, to taste food, to chew food, to swallow food. At one of the worst points in my illness, I was told that my organs
were feeding off of each other because they weren't getting the nutrition. My body is STILL starving.
I am one of those statistics, where no one knows why I got this illness-Idiopathic Gastroparesis
and I fight daily to live through it. There is currently no specific medication to treat Gastroparesis or a cure. There needs
to be better awareness of the seriousness of this illness and more research has to be done.
Please support those who suffer from Gastroparesis. With your help we will find a cure.
  *All questions regarding the walk and donations for the GP Walk Of Faith-Walk For A Cure/Billie Sweeney
trust fund can be sent to: sweeney22@myway.com
*Spreading GP Awareness One Person
At A Time*
You My Friend Will Never Again
Walk Alone.
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