Each flare up got worse, and then August 2009 it was worse than over. Between August 2009 and February
2010, he was hospitalized a total of 9 times. He can't work and it has totally paralyzed his life. He had surgery on March 1, 2010 to have a gastric pacemaker implanted. For the last 8 years, they controlled the symptoms with Reglan, Carafate, Phenergan, and Zofran. They started not to work and that is when his Dr suggested a gastric pacemaker. So far, it's working.