not afflicted enough

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Hi everyone,

I talked to the director of research at the cystic fibrosis

foundation today in hopes that i would be eligible for any clinical

trials they might be doing for my cp due to a mutated cf gene. I

had hoped for the best and prepared for the worst before I even made

the phone call. It was just what I had expected.....I am in a

minority group. Which basically means I am not afflicted enough for

the research teams to start any real testing for treatment of my

particular form of cp. I am not afflicted enough...doesn't matter

that every 2 weeks now, I am in the hospital with a full blown

attack, getting 100 mg of demerol every 3 hours for 1 week or more

and still fighting with the nurses and doctors about my pain meds,

as well as listening to my doctor go on and on about how he cannot

justify by the tests that i am in that much pain. what a joke. The

real issue however, is that he told me there are not enough docs out

there who know about this test to be offering it to people. My

family does not have a history of anyone having cf but both my

parents were carriers. so, that means I probably would never have

had the test if my girlfriend didn't run across the info on the

internet. That alone ended the confrontations with the doctors

about my cp being caused by drinking which was the only explanation

they could give after i tried everything they told me to do. that

was even a bigger joke. so here i sit in limbo. do i see a

gastroenterologist or a doc specializing in cystic fibrosis? Anyway,

wishing everyone a pain free night, even though i know mine will not

be.....dennis