to patty questions about dr.s

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Patty Duley wrote:

hi,my name is cindy and hope you don't think i'm butting in but i see

you mentioned you used to live in louisville.i live in a small town just south

of louisville and i go up thereto see the g.i. and any other specialist i may

need.IS there a good pancreas/g.i. dr. in the area you would recommend? right

now i'm seeing a dr. at louisville gastroenterology assoc. and while he and i

seem to hit it off real well,who knows what could happen down the road.also,have

you ever been to a pain managment dr. in this area who is famillar with cp?

while i am no where near the point of needing one right now,i was just recently

put on narcotic pain meds, i would still like to be prepared for any future

problems i may have.i'm sorry to here that you have had such a rough

time.hopefully things will start to look up for you.any info. about dr.s around

here would be appreciated!

Thank You,Cindy

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Cincy,

I live in Corydon, Indiana. My Gi I use to see was Raja Kaikaus, MD at Midwest

Gastro at Jewish. He specialized in ERCP therapy. I was referred to Dr.

Vitale who is a Oncology surgeon that specializes in the pancreas. He decided

to do a surgery that cut the nerves to my pancreas. Since then I have been pain

free since recently which Ibuprofen takes care of. Before surgery I was on

Oxycontin 80mg twice a day so the surgery has been amazing. I have my life

back. I just have to be careful with heavy lifting. My pain doctor (whom I

loved) was Reasor, MD with Metro pain Assoc. in Louisville. He is actually

located in the medical building I work at Suburan Hospital in Louisville. I

never had a problem with getting my pain meds. One thing though is that they

are really strict in regards of taking your meds correctly.

I have not had the Whipple yet but Dr. Vitale said I will definitely have to

have this done. It is only a matter of time. He would like to wait until I am

at least 40 because he said I would become a brittle diabetic. I am 37 now.

I hope this info helps please e-mail me any time.

Patty

Corydon, IN

[Guest guest]

Hi Patty, I guess I got some of the post confused. It is you that the

surgeon said would be a brittle diabetic if you had the whipple. That

does seem like an odd thing to say about the whipple unless he had

intended on doing a distal pancreatectomy at the same time leaving the

body of your panc intact. I have seen some that were having that when

I worked. Seems to me if one were to go through all that then might as

well just have a total.

Are you a diabetic now? Do you have a glucometer at home? When you

have had labs drawn has you glucose level been elevated? I am just

really curious why he would say that. He seems from all that you had

said to be top notch.

Sounds like the nerve block is still effective for you. I hope so.

How do you feel? How is you son doing with his apprenticeship? I bet

his graduation was such a wonderful day for you.

Well sorry about my confusion, guess thats what I get for trying to do

10 things at one time.