Re: to: pushpa

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Pushpa,

it is rather interesting to see what the medical teams

are like in another country. I've taken for granted

certain things in our country because that's all I

know, and I am ashamed of myself for that.

Your post has shown me to be patient with what I am

confronted with as far as our insurance companies go

which I am battling with right now.

I guess it doesn't change no matter what country your

in when it comes to drs. not pushing on further if one

test is negative unless you find a diligent doctor.

I fortunetly have found that dr.

he will push on he told me and move forward. he won't

give up.

I am sorry you are suffering every day with pain.

I see alot of people here suffer as well.

I've never had to suffer pain. only when I get

attacks. they're spread out from weeks to months.

I really hope that you will be taken care of where you

live. I don't know what your hospitals or medical

proffesionals are like and what they have to offer.

I never knew there were risks in the procedures that

are ordered to test for pancreatitis.

thank you for asking about my results.

I just had the report faxed to me yesterday.

I am very unhappy that the ct scan with just oral

contrast did not show the pancreas at all. the

radiologist couldn't view it.

even after an hour or more time, the contrast didn't

move down into the small bowel. the dr. wanted that

evaluated too.

the radiologist is suggesting another ct scan but

with IV contrast this time or an MRI if clinically

warranted.

I have no clue as to why my dr. only ordered oral

contrast vs IV.

when he was writting the script, he first wrote IV

contrast and then changed it to oral and mumbled to

himself that he would wait to do that with another

test.

I don't have asthma. I heard that the iv contrast can

set your lungs into spasms if you have asthma.

that is a risk I'm sure you don't want to take. but

there's a medication you can take so that doesn't

happen, I think?

You have to ask a dr. on that one.

My dr. wants an MRI/MRCP performed but my insurance

company is not giving me authorization yet. it will

take two days for it to go into clinical review. they

said it's not denied yet.

they only gave me permission to have a pelvic mri, not

the abdomen.

I don't understand the insurance companies in the

least. It is very frustrating to me and my family.

they wouldn't let my dr. order the mri but told us we

can have a ct scan. so we did. it's not good enough

and we NEED the mri.

the radiologist said I have lost significant amount of

subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat. the region of

the pancreas is difficult to evaluate due to paucity

of abdominal fat. which means, there's not enough fat.

paucity means " small "

I have dropped 30 lbs. from my normal weight and we

STILL can't find an answer.

the insurance company is thinking about it.

I bet it if it was one of their family members or

themselves that was withering away to nothing, they'd

approve that mri, and quick too.

I'm not sure now if the wieght loss is linked to the

chronic ovarian cysts I suffer with for yrs now.

I had to go to the emergency room back in Jan because

of pelvic pain. they did an altra sound.

found a growth inside which the radiologist felt it

was the remains of a burst cyst. plus another one was

growing next to it. they said to go for a follow up

viist to my gynocologist.

I couldn't. she didn't participate with my insurance

anylonger. they weren't paying her enough money she

told me.

she was always arguing with them.

she hired an associate that would take all her Oxford

patients. she wou'dn't start till april.

I waited till then and saw this new dr.

she was not concerned at ALL about this growth and

said it was small and sushed me out the door without a

follow up ultra sound.

I was shocked, but I had to trust her judgement on

this.

it is now months later. I continue to drop weight, I

was sent to multiple drs which led me to the gastro.

he orders the cat scan because he had no choice in the

matter, finds this growth by my pelvic area, and now I

have to go back to this gyno dr. becasue he sent the

ct report to her. she called me late last night

alarmed and is ordering an ultra sound which is the

choice of modality for this type of problem.

she asked me if I have any pain. I don't. only a

strange deep pull inside and I can feel the lymph

nodes in my groin start to enlarge but not big where

the doctors would be concerned.

she wasted all this time. I originally went to her in

april thinking that's what she should've done to begin

with.

they thought I had cervical cancer back in 2003 from

a cat scan that was read. I had a biopsy, no cancer.

the cervix was significantly enlarged then before the

biopsy and now the radiologist is stating that is is

again.

my dr. said it could be a tumor that is growing

from the inside of the cervix into my pelvic area. the

size is 7.4x 3.4 and it says it is a low density

structure within the right hemipelvis.

what does low density mean vs high density. and what

is hemi pelvis compared to just the term pelvis?

I think hemi pelvis means near the hip bone in the

pelvic area?

I'm not sure.

they've found a small amount of anterior pericardial

fluid. they were doing an abdominal and pelvic ct

scan which suprised me when I saw the radiologist

commented on my heart.

I've been having a heaviness in my chest for quite

some time now with sharp stabbing pains, but I never

brought it up to the doctor. I never remember to tell

them.

it comes and goes.

I had the test done to ck, the pancreas, and I'm

determined to get this done! I KNEW they were going

to see something on the ovary or a problem in that

vicinity. I've had this problem for yrs. now.

this is just going to delay the process of my gastro

dr. from evaluating my pancreas.

I'm very confused and unsettled. I don't know what to

think now.

is it the growth in the pelvic that's been there since

nov. 2004? it never really went away. maybe what they

are seeing is the remains of what was once a full

blown cyst and maybe just the sac of the cyst hasn't

dissipated in the body. it's supposed to absorb the

matter.

If it was a abscess, I'd have some sort of low grade

fever.

I apologize if I've over stepped my boundries to

discuss the female anatomy with you rather than the

subject of the pancreas.

men get alittle uncomfortable when it comes to the

subject of woman's problems. I hope I did not upset

you in anyway or anyone else.

I tend to go on and on in detail about any subject. so

I hope i have not bored you in anyway.

it's hard to keep it breif with all these thoughts and

questions that I'm confronted with.

thank you for time, and your freindship Pushpa.

and most of all your patience and kindness.

Sincerely,

S.

p.s.- have you ever visited the U.S.A.?

I thought maybe you have family here.

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