The Serious Case of Decaying Living Bodies
It is call Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS). I’ve written before about how it all started. Although I couldn’t understand it then, nor it had been confirmed at the time, when I wrote ‘With A View to Eternity’ I knew that I had SMAS. I meant every word, I was resolved to glorify God with this illness and anything that it would bring, to the best of my abilities. SMAS is a rare, serious, sometimes life-threatening digestive disorder in which the small intestine is crushed by the mesenteric artery for lack of the fat pad that surround that portion of the intestine keeping the artery away.. it causes pain, nausea, gas, cramps, reflux, and just about every digestive distress you can imagine when you eat -well.. anything!! You deal with this long enough and you lose weight. Here’s the catch, remember when I said this condition is the crushing of an intestine for lack of fat? That means its “CAUSE” is weight loss.. talk about a catch 22, right? I’ve been dealing ...
