Re: Home after 7 ugly days in Hosp...

[Guest guest]

I had an " Ileus " About a

> foot long section of my bowel became " paralyzed " ( paraltic ileus).

> The pain was phenominal as was the vomiting of fecal matter. YUK! I

> can honestly say that it was WORSE than an acute attack of panc.!It

> wasn't until the 6th day that they determined that I didn't need

> surgery and that the " ileus " relented on its own

Cyndie,

Did they have any idea what caused the problem to occur n the first

place? I just did a search on Medscape for paralytic ileus and there

seems to be a host of things related to it. Maybe you want to check

it out for a little more understanding of what is going on with that

in addition to everything else. www.medscape.com

Hope your days improve and may you be pain and nausea free.....

Keep the Faith,

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

I haven't had the ileus, but I have heard that chronic panc.

can cause it. It's one of the complications.

I'll pray that you don't get it again.

Kimber

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Kimber

Vallejo, CA

hominid2@...

Southwest Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

I haven't had the ileus, but I have heard that chronic panc.

can cause it. It's one of the complications.

I'll pray that you don't get it again.

Kimber

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Kimber

Vallejo, CA

hominid2@...

Southwest Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

I haven't had the ileus, but I have heard that chronic panc.

can cause it. It's one of the complications.

I'll pray that you don't get it again.

Kimber

--

Kimber

Vallejo, CA

hominid2@...

Southwest Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

So glad to hear that you are home and are feeling better. I glad that the

problem corrected itself and you didn't need surgery. I had that happen once

along with a flare-up of pancreatitis. They had to put an NG tube down to keep

everything quite and to get things to settle down by themselves. which the

finally did. I know what you mean about your sea legs. When I did come home, I

almost feel in the middle of our street, because I could barely walk.. Take it

easy and your get back your strength a little more each day. I keep you in my

prayers that it doesn't happen again to you.

Take Care,

Louie in WV

Home after 7 ugly days in Hosp...

Hello everyone!

I guess I spoke too soon last Saturday after an ER visit. I returned

to the ER the next day and was admitted. Ironically enough, it WASN'T

for CP! Here's a new jag- at least for me, I had an " Ileus " About a

foot long section of my bowel became " paralyzed " ( paraltic ileus).

The pain was phenominal as was the vomiting of fecal matter. YUK! I

can honestly say that it was WORSE than an acute attack of panc.!It

wasn't until the 6th day that they determined that I didn't need

surgery and that the " ileus " relented on its own.( I would have loved

to have had contact with all of you during this ugly time, but I

greatly lack a support system. You're prayers would have been so-o-o

appreciated! But until I returned home today and finally mustered up

enough strenghth to come back to the 'puter, my dilemma was unknown.

I'm so envious at times when I read of the wonderful support systems

some of you are fortunate enough to have! BOO HOO for me, huh? Sorry

bout that- just feeling a little DE-pressed and sorry for MOI.)

I was told that this " ileus " isn't very common (of course!), but that

the likelyhood of it returning on me is very great!

I asked why and was told that because my gut is in constant turmoil

and inflamation from the CP and that it just " happens " to some

people. (And here I thought I wasn't lucky!)Vegas here I come! I

asked if there was anything I could do to prevent it and I was told

NO.

So there you have it! Have any of you ever experienced this " ileus "

thing?

I lost about 11# this past week and still am quite shakey as I

haven't found my sea-legs yet, but I'm HOME!!

I hope and pray that you all had a better week than myself!

You were always in my thoughts and prayers!

May we ALL have a wonderfully calm and pain-free week ahead!!!

And again- thanks for being there for me!

Cyndie:-P

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

So glad to hear that you are home and are feeling better. I glad that the

problem corrected itself and you didn't need surgery. I had that happen once

along with a flare-up of pancreatitis. They had to put an NG tube down to keep

everything quite and to get things to settle down by themselves. which the

finally did. I know what you mean about your sea legs. When I did come home, I

almost feel in the middle of our street, because I could barely walk.. Take it

easy and your get back your strength a little more each day. I keep you in my

prayers that it doesn't happen again to you.

Take Care,

Louie in WV

Home after 7 ugly days in Hosp...

Hello everyone!

I guess I spoke too soon last Saturday after an ER visit. I returned

to the ER the next day and was admitted. Ironically enough, it WASN'T

for CP! Here's a new jag- at least for me, I had an " Ileus " About a

foot long section of my bowel became " paralyzed " ( paraltic ileus).

The pain was phenominal as was the vomiting of fecal matter. YUK! I

can honestly say that it was WORSE than an acute attack of panc.!It

wasn't until the 6th day that they determined that I didn't need

surgery and that the " ileus " relented on its own.( I would have loved

to have had contact with all of you during this ugly time, but I

greatly lack a support system. You're prayers would have been so-o-o

appreciated! But until I returned home today and finally mustered up

enough strenghth to come back to the 'puter, my dilemma was unknown.

I'm so envious at times when I read of the wonderful support systems

some of you are fortunate enough to have! BOO HOO for me, huh? Sorry

bout that- just feeling a little DE-pressed and sorry for MOI.)

I was told that this " ileus " isn't very common (of course!), but that

the likelyhood of it returning on me is very great!

I asked why and was told that because my gut is in constant turmoil

and inflamation from the CP and that it just " happens " to some

people. (And here I thought I wasn't lucky!)Vegas here I come! I

asked if there was anything I could do to prevent it and I was told

NO.

So there you have it! Have any of you ever experienced this " ileus "

thing?

I lost about 11# this past week and still am quite shakey as I

haven't found my sea-legs yet, but I'm HOME!!

I hope and pray that you all had a better week than myself!

You were always in my thoughts and prayers!

May we ALL have a wonderfully calm and pain-free week ahead!!!

And again- thanks for being there for me!

Cyndie:-P

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

So glad to hear that you are home and are feeling better. I glad that the

problem corrected itself and you didn't need surgery. I had that happen once

along with a flare-up of pancreatitis. They had to put an NG tube down to keep

everything quite and to get things to settle down by themselves. which the

finally did. I know what you mean about your sea legs. When I did come home, I

almost feel in the middle of our street, because I could barely walk.. Take it

easy and your get back your strength a little more each day. I keep you in my

prayers that it doesn't happen again to you.

Take Care,

Louie in WV

Home after 7 ugly days in Hosp...

Hello everyone!

I guess I spoke too soon last Saturday after an ER visit. I returned

to the ER the next day and was admitted. Ironically enough, it WASN'T

for CP! Here's a new jag- at least for me, I had an " Ileus " About a

foot long section of my bowel became " paralyzed " ( paraltic ileus).

The pain was phenominal as was the vomiting of fecal matter. YUK! I

can honestly say that it was WORSE than an acute attack of panc.!It

wasn't until the 6th day that they determined that I didn't need

surgery and that the " ileus " relented on its own.( I would have loved

to have had contact with all of you during this ugly time, but I

greatly lack a support system. You're prayers would have been so-o-o

appreciated! But until I returned home today and finally mustered up

enough strenghth to come back to the 'puter, my dilemma was unknown.

I'm so envious at times when I read of the wonderful support systems

some of you are fortunate enough to have! BOO HOO for me, huh? Sorry

bout that- just feeling a little DE-pressed and sorry for MOI.)

I was told that this " ileus " isn't very common (of course!), but that

the likelyhood of it returning on me is very great!

I asked why and was told that because my gut is in constant turmoil

and inflamation from the CP and that it just " happens " to some

people. (And here I thought I wasn't lucky!)Vegas here I come! I

asked if there was anything I could do to prevent it and I was told

NO.

So there you have it! Have any of you ever experienced this " ileus "

thing?

I lost about 11# this past week and still am quite shakey as I

haven't found my sea-legs yet, but I'm HOME!!

I hope and pray that you all had a better week than myself!

You were always in my thoughts and prayers!

May we ALL have a wonderfully calm and pain-free week ahead!!!

And again- thanks for being there for me!

Cyndie:-P

[Guest guest]

Cyndie,

I was just in the hospital, also. I went to the ER Saturday night with the same

pain as always. They did an x-ray and said I had the beginnings of an ileus.

My liver enzymes were elevated but panc enzymes were normal. They told me it

was from all the pain meds I've been on since July. Apparently, they caught

mine before it got to the stage yours was at. Boy, am I glad! The thing is, I

had been having BMs every day and even had diarhea several times on Thursday or

Friday.

Home after 7 ugly days in Hosp...

Hello everyone!

I guess I spoke too soon last Saturday after an ER visit. I returned

to the ER the next day and was admitted. Ironically enough, it WASN'T

for CP! Here's a new jag- at least for me, I had an " Ileus " About a

foot long section of my bowel became " paralyzed " ( paraltic ileus).

The pain was phenominal as was the vomiting of fecal matter. YUK! I

can honestly say that it was WORSE than an acute attack of panc.!It

wasn't until the 6th day that they determined that I didn't need

surgery and that the " ileus " relented on its own.( I would have loved

to have had contact with all of you during this ugly time, but I

greatly lack a support system. You're prayers would have been so-o-o

appreciated! But until I returned home today and finally mustered up

enough strenghth to come back to the 'puter, my dilemma was unknown.

I'm so envious at times when I read of the wonderful support systems

some of you are fortunate enough to have! BOO HOO for me, huh? Sorry

bout that- just feeling a little DE-pressed and sorry for MOI.)

I was told that this " ileus " isn't very common (of course!), but that

the likelyhood of it returning on me is very great!

I asked why and was told that because my gut is in constant turmoil

and inflamation from the CP and that it just " happens " to some

people. (And here I thought I wasn't lucky!)Vegas here I come! I

asked if there was anything I could do to prevent it and I was told

NO.

So there you have it! Have any of you ever experienced this " ileus "

thing?

I lost about 11# this past week and still am quite shakey as I

haven't found my sea-legs yet, but I'm HOME!!

I hope and pray that you all had a better week than myself!

You were always in my thoughts and prayers!

May we ALL have a wonderfully calm and pain-free week ahead!!!

And again- thanks for being there for me!

Cyndie:-P