Re: Thank You to Bikerblue

[Guest guest]

wrote: I just want to thank you for your

responses and support. I guess I am from a small town in

NOrth Dakota and have a small town doctor that perhaps just

has never dealt with this in a person my age????!!!!!

But I did get a referral now to a GI specialist next month and pray

that will go better.

Bikerblue,

Good luck with your appointment with a REAL gastro doctor next

month! Your assessment of your small town doctor is probably

correct, and could easily apply to almost any general practioner

anywhere in the country. They just aren't taught that much about

the pancreas in medical school. I believe it's only a week's

discussion out of the entire 4 year medical program, and most of

that is centered on the affects of alcohol on the pancreas.

It's better to find a specialist who has dealt with it before, the

more frequently, the better, and those are usually in larger cities.

Let us know what you find out, and please keep an eye on the

group and the postings in case there is any way we can help.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

SC

Southeastern Representative

Pancreatitis Association, Intl.