RE: Hello and Your Help Needed Please

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Hey Man,

I can totally relate, and here is one you forgot to mention. The " Drug

Seeker " Stare. You know the one. It's where the doc/nurse/candy

striper gives you the stare that says you are not telling the truth and

you are just a seeker of narcotics, like they are some kind of fun or

something. Personally, I would spend the rest of my life without if I

could, but most don't believe it.

Have your docs given you the endoscopic ultrasound? It is pretty

accurate. Aside from the stool test, it has been my only positive

results. I am also having a hard time convincing people as well. It is

so damn frustrating when you don't have good insurance. It seems like

the red tape is there so you can't get help, even if it is needed.

I hope your results tell you something you want to hear and I wish you

the best. Good Luck.

K

Hello and Your Help Needed Please

Hi. I've been reading all of your posts and find this site so

informative and uplifting. I've been trying to figure out for the

last year and a half what is going on with me and I believe I have

pancreatitis although the doctors disagree with me and tell me I have

IBS. In the last year and a half I have had several attacks of

severe vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, dizziness and pain radiating to

the back with severe, severe stomach pain that I thought I was going

to die. Now the pain is there almost every day after I eat and the

severity of it is up and down now but tolerable for the most part

with no severe attacks for a few months.

I had a comprehensive stool test done that showed my fecal fats and

triglycerides to be elevated. The doctors don't believe I have

pancreatitis as I am not a drinker, I am only 30 years old, very

active being a road cyclist and just don't " fit " their profile. I

disagree. I know my body and I know this pain is not in my head but

they make me feel like I am out of my mind and I don't know what I am

talking about. I have had my amylase and lipase also checked and

they have been normal. I haven't had them checked during one of my

severe attacks though.

What I am wondering though is if your fecal fats and triglycerides

are elevated is that a definite sign of pancreatitis and why then are

my doctors ignoring that??? They act like they don't know what to do

with those results and just seem to brush it off. I am just so

frustrated with this whole process that I just cry!!!!

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