I CAN’T STOP THROWING UP - MY CONDITION CAN LAST DAYS
WITH VID AND PIX By Todd Sasin
This woman told how her rare condition makes her vomit for ‘days’ in unpredictable episodes.
Erica Zaccone, 38, has been struggling to keep on top of her Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome which she says has made maintaining a job difficult.
The current bartender says that she has been forced to visit the emergency room nine times in the last year due to the condition.
She even says that the condition is so uncommon that she has only met two other people who have experienced Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.
Due to the condition, she says that she can experience episodes that last for hours or even days.
However, she says that, ‘all you can do is manage the symptoms’.
Erica, from New Jersey, USA, said: “I am sharing my story of what my life is like living with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.
“That is a disorder that causes chronic and severe nausea and vomiting.
“Any time I get nauseous, I throw up, when I do throw up, I can’t stop. This can last anywhere from six hours to days.
“My longest episode lasted four days straight of non-stop vomiting.
“My condition makes me such an unreliable employee because it’s so unpredictable. When I do have a job, I have difficulty maintaining it. I’ve been to the emergency room nine times in the last year because of the condition.
“I have only met maybe two people in my entire life who suffer from this.
00:00Who is disability for? I have a chronic illness called psychical vomiting syndrome. Psychical vomiting syndrome is a chronic nausea and vomiting condition. Basically, anytime I get nauseous, I am going to throw up. When I do throw up, I can't stop. This can last anywhere from like six hours to days. My longest episode was four days straight of nonstop vomiting. Couldn't even keep down a sip of water. This can come on very suddenly without any warning at all. I have woken up at three o'clock in the morning, didn't have time to make it to the
00:29bathroom. I've thrown up in my own hands. Yesterday, I was driving to my niece's Halloween parade at her preschool. She's three years old. She's adorable. And I was throwing up in an empty coffee cup my entire ride there. Once I got there, I had to actually run out of the yard where they were doing the parade to throw up in the parking lot. And I applied for disability and got denied. My condition makes me such an unreliable employee because it's so unpredictable. Sometimes I will only have an hour to call out of my shift a day. Sometimes it'll be moments before because it comes on
00:59and I don't know when it's going to come on. Difficult time finding work. When I do have a job, I have a difficult time maintaining it because I am so unreliable. And I actually completely under because like, why would you want to hire someone that you can't count on? The problem is I also have anxiety, endometriosis, ADHD, and autism. I have medical records dating back to 2007. I had a packet this thick with medical records, everything that you could possibly need to prove that this has been happening.
01:29Because of this condition. I got denied. I got a letter that said that I didn't send in the necessary information. However, I actually like handed it in in person because I was afraid of that happening if I sent it through the mail. Um, and I still got denied. So I'm going to have to appeal it. I just don't understand like if I can't get approved for disability that I am literally like an unreliable, like non-functioning person in the workforce. Like who was it for?
01:53Sure. Hi, I'm Erica. I'm 36 years old. And this is a day in the life of a girly with cyclic vomiting syndrome. Cyclic vomiting are episodes of extreme nausea and vomiting that can last anywhere from a couple hours to a couple days. During one of these episodes, I'm lucky to keep down a sip of water and almost always end up in the ER due to extreme dehydration. Finally in the recovery stages. So I haven't thrown up in like six hours.
02:22Um, literally, um, literally, I don't know why, but it's like the only thing that like brings life back into my soul. This was a bad one. Lasted two and a half days. I couldn't keep down any food or any water the entire time. I couldn't keep down my medications that I take daily like my psychiatric medications.
02:49So I woke up today and I was like withdrawing from meds. So that's fun. I literally have met maybe two other people in my entire life who suffer from this. And I want to know if there's anyone else out there. Like, what do you do? What helps you? What helps you recover? What triggers it? Like, why are we like this? I can't go on like this. I can't.
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