Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hi again folks. Long story short: after recently removing my stent during a suspected cholangitis attack, I'm quickly blocking up again. Going in next week for an endoscopic ultrasound biopsy of this particular bile duct (where I have had three stents now in the last 6 months, and the duct closes back up within weeks of taking it out every time), with an ERCP and stent placement to follow. I feel like an ERCP is old hat at this point, but I've never had an EUS biopsy. Will I be asleep for the procedure? Is there soreness afterwards, from the biopsy? I know they will explain it to me all directly beforehand, but just wondering what to expect in the meantime. A little shaken up at the moment, as the big T word was mentioned by my hep for the first time today. He said it's what I need to take care of these ducts (my left ducts are completely occluded, and I have a recurring dominant stricture in the right side, so very little bile is draining from my liver unless I have that stent), but that my liver is fine still, so it's technically a no-no. Until such time that it's warranted, we'll probably just do continuous re-stenting, he says. What a pain. Genevieve UC 1983, J-Pouch 1999, PSC 12/07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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