article_snippet: After suffering debilitating vomiting and extreme fatigue after the feast, the 36-year-old mother-of-three was diagnosed with severe gastroparesis, a condition that paralyses the muscles and nerves of the stomach.
article_snippet: Gastroparesis is a rare condition which causes the stomach to stop working as Gastroparesis should.
article_snippet: Gastroparesis results in the body being unable to digest or tolerate foods.
article_snippet: The disease is extremely debilitating with constant nausea, daily vomiting, fatigue, muscle cramping, fainting episodes, abdominal bloating and reduced appetite taking over sufferers's lives.
article_snippet: The rare condition has paralysed the nerves and muscles of her stomach, but 36-year-old Kerryn Barnett health insurer are refusing to pay for life-saving surgery . '
article_snippet: Due to the extent of Ms Barnett weight loss and malnutrition, Ms Barnett only option is to try and treat the condition with a gastric neurostimulator as soon as possible.
article_snippet: If it is unsuccessful, the next step would be to remove Ms Barnett whole stomach, leaving Ms Barnett unable to ever eat solid food again or even consume any liquids. '
highlights_snippet: The Wollongong mother-of-three has severe gastroparesis .
  
highlights_snippet: The condition has paralysed the nerves and muscles of 36-year-old Kerryn Barnett stomach .
  