Guest guest Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Rob, I had two stints but in in the last month....Your pain might be having a cholangitis attack...I'd call your DR ASAP....(are you on an antibiotics?) because I had a minor attack with the first one (chills, hot sweaty fever with mild pain) and I didn't take any antibiotic's....With the 2nd stent same thing (longer lasting chills, hot sweaty fever with mild pain) and this time I called the Dr and he couldn't believe that I had left the med center without antibiotic's..he gave me CIPRO 500 mg and everything was fine! At least get some pain pills.... Hang in there... Peace and Prayers Don PSC/UC 11-08 To: Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:34:03 PMSubject: Good link Thanks DB that was good to see, I'm eager for optimismAlso has anyone else had stents placed and if so how did you deal with the pain. Mine is excruciating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Rob, I have had a stent since Oct 2006. It is changed every 3 months. I have a pain mgmt dr. that my gastro sent me to for pain after my first ERCP resulted in pancreatitis. He prescribes pain meds and monitors my RUQ pain as well as my rheumatoid arthritis pain. My gut is pretty grumpy from all the interventions. I also take daily antibiotics due to recurrent episodes of cholangitis. Since the infections are better controlled my RUQ pain has decreased some. Darcy Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I've had about 5 stents (one of which vanished out of my bile duct.. still wondering where that got to!), none of which have given me any level of pain where i'd describe it as excrutiating. Most i've felt is a slight bloated feeling, like someone's blown up a small balloon at the bottom of my liver. Seems very odd that it'd be hurting you so much, and doesn't sound quite like it's been placed right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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