Guest guest Posted December 23, 2002 Report Share Posted December 23, 2002 Ken, haven't you had documented cases of pancreatitis? What type of an MRI did you have? I don't know if I would believe them if you have actual cases of pancreatitis where the amylase and lipase were elevated. Although I do know someone who was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis - actually they told her she had pancreas divisum from doing an ERCP - she kept going to other hospitals until a biliary specialist did a colonoscopy on her and she had crone's disease (sp). They had to take out quite a bit of her intestines - they were twisted and intwined within each other - she is now fine. Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2002 Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 My only positive results have been fat-fecal tests, triglycerides and the endoscopic ultrasound. No blood test results, or any other images show any positive result. This latest MRI is now calling into question the result of the EUS and everything that I have learned and felt in the last 2+ years. I feel totally lost and disassociated from everything I know and understand. On another note, my mother was shoved from the medical community to psychiatric community and back for 10 yrs before finally getting a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. For the most part of that time, there was a constant worry that maybe this was all psychological. She just couldn't make the doctors believe. Now, as I experience many of the same problems like the constant need to convince the medical community, I also find myself having to convince my family and friends as well. Guilt hits me hard at times when this happens, because I also questioned my mother. I did not understand her issues, nor could I fathom the hardships she faced daily. It didn't help that I lived more than 2000 miles away. Now that she is gone, I have come to have a better understanding of her trials thru my own. I guess I always knew life wasn't perfect, but I have never had such a level of reality thrust upon me before. It is a real shock to the psyche. I just hope they can do something for me besides stuffing me with narcotics. Hope your holidays are bright, Ken Ken-MRI Ken, haven't you had documented cases of pancreatitis? What type of an MRI did you have? I don't know if I would believe them if you have actual cases of pancreatitis where the amylase and lipase were elevated. Although I do know someone who was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis - actually they told her she had pancreas divisum from doing an ERCP - she kept going to other hospitals until a biliary specialist did a colonoscopy on her and she had crone's disease (sp). They had to take out quite a bit of her intestines - they were twisted and intwined within each other - she is now fine. Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2002 Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 My only positive results have been fat-fecal tests, triglycerides and the endoscopic ultrasound. No blood test results, or any other images show any positive result. This latest MRI is now calling into question the result of the EUS and everything that I have learned and felt in the last 2+ years. I feel totally lost and disassociated from everything I know and understand. On another note, my mother was shoved from the medical community to psychiatric community and back for 10 yrs before finally getting a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. For the most part of that time, there was a constant worry that maybe this was all psychological. She just couldn't make the doctors believe. Now, as I experience many of the same problems like the constant need to convince the medical community, I also find myself having to convince my family and friends as well. Guilt hits me hard at times when this happens, because I also questioned my mother. I did not understand her issues, nor could I fathom the hardships she faced daily. It didn't help that I lived more than 2000 miles away. Now that she is gone, I have come to have a better understanding of her trials thru my own. I guess I always knew life wasn't perfect, but I have never had such a level of reality thrust upon me before. It is a real shock to the psyche. I just hope they can do something for me besides stuffing me with narcotics. Hope your holidays are bright, Ken Ken-MRI Ken, haven't you had documented cases of pancreatitis? What type of an MRI did you have? I don't know if I would believe them if you have actual cases of pancreatitis where the amylase and lipase were elevated. Although I do know someone who was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis - actually they told her she had pancreas divisum from doing an ERCP - she kept going to other hospitals until a biliary specialist did a colonoscopy on her and she had crone's disease (sp). They had to take out quite a bit of her intestines - they were twisted and intwined within each other - she is now fine. Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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