Re: Pancreas Divisum (For Katie)
From: Kris (krisl1204@yahoo.com)
Wed Mar 11 11:17:05 2009
At Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Katie wrote:
>Hi Katie!I'm so sorry you're going through all of this! It is so hard. Where do you live? I'm sure you've tried different GI docs.I live in the Minneapolis area. We have a local publication that comes out each January. In it, they rate the top doctors. The doctors are rated by their peers and by nurses in terms of who they would go to. I've seen several of them over the years. I had one bad experience, but otherwise, the doctors have been great. Maybe there is something similar where you live? Just keep pushing those doctors for answers. It's awful to have to worry so much! Please let me know if i can help in anyway. My thoughts and prayers are with you!
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Kris
>Kris, I have had an EUS and it didn't show pancreas divisum so I'm
>guessing I don't have that. I had pancreatitis about 3 times before the
>doc went in and put a stent in. Yes, I got pancreatitis from that
>procedure and again, 6 weeks later when he took the stent out. I don't
>think I benefited much from that stent other than to say that I was able
>to eat again. I guess my bile ducts were closing up or something and
>maybe the stent helped with that? Dunno' for sure.
>
>Now I worry about things like Primary Billiary Cholangitis (sp) and bile
>duct cancer and stuff like that. I just recently had a US that showed
>"focal abnormalities" of my liver and ER doc said that usually means
>"tissue changes" and that I need to see a Hepatologist ASAP. I'm trying
>to arrange that but my local GI is a jackass!
>
>I would give just about anything to have SOME answers to all of this.