Re: My Story - GB removal-- Louie

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Hi Louie!

So sorry about the name thing- I'm still learning this whole computer

thing!

That's really awful that it took the Drs. so long to find out what

the real problem really was.

Here's hoping you're having a good, pain-free weekend!

Cyndie:-)

In pancreatitis@y..., " edhall " wrote:

> Cyndie,

> I have been told that GB stones can reappear after you have had

your GB out.

> I didn't have stones, I had mine full of crystals, which is like

sledge. I

> had my GB out in 81 and didn't start alot of trouble with my

pancreas til

> 89.

> It took them a few years to find out it was my pancreas, as they

were

> blaming everything on Ulcers and a nervous Stomach.

> Take Care,

> Louie in WV

> Re: Re: My Story - GB removal

>

>

> > Hi Debra!

> > This is Cyndie from Indiana, a new member. I also had my GB out

but was

> told

> > later that it probably wasn't the problem, although it did have a

few

> stones

> > in it. I was told by Dr Lehman at IUMC that I had most likely

passed some

> > very big stones over a period of time and that they scarred up my

common

> bile

> > duct, which required an ERCP and sphinterotomy to repair it,

which caused

> my

> > 1st bout of pancreatitis and so on...

> > Now I'm told that even tho I don't have a GB anymore that my body

can

> still

> > form gallstones in my bile ducts! Has anyone else out there ever

heard of

> > that? I was put on a med that was to help dissolve or help

prevent the

> > formation of stones, I don't remember which, but I had to stop

taking it

> due

> > to some side effects. I don't recall the name of the drug, but

perhaps

> > that's an alternative to surgery?

> > I wish you the best of luck!

> > Cyndie :-)

> >

> >

> >