finally out

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. I just got released from the hospital today. I'm

doing much better. I had my ERCP on Thursday and as usual, I ended

up an in-patient. To my surprise, my pressures in the bile duct and

panc duct were fine. BUT, Dr. L found a stricture about 3mm into my

panc duct. So he put 2 stents in the duct and also did a small cut

on the panc duct too. The stents are suppose to fall out on their

own in approx. 2 months. I'm glad I was able to get out of the

hospital today because my arm (where I had my IV) became infected

again. So besides feeling like a pin cushion, I'm glad to be back

at the hotel. We will leave out tomorrow for the drive home. Dr. L

said that we will evaluate things, when my 2 months are up (and the

stents have passed). He also told me that there was really nothing

left of my sphincter of oddi. He feels that all my attacks are panc

related now. AND he said that if I continue with pain after the

stents fall out, then I will try to manage things with pain meds and

nitroglycerin! I told him that that was one of the questions that I

had written down to ask him about. Wierd huh? Then if the pain

meds, etc, don't work or stop working, then I am looking at

surgery. He didn't specify any particular type of surgery, except

taking out the pancreas. So I really hope that my pancreatitis will

be manageable with just meds for awhile. I am really " beat-up "

after this hospital stay. Also, for Karyn W, a big THANK YOU for

stopping by to say hello and meet my family. Oh yeh....I LOVE the

bag!!

Take care everyone,

I'll try to post again soon.

Kris in TN

[Guest guest]

Glad you're out of hospital Kris. And I also thankyou for asking about

me to Chrissy a few weeks back.

When I read your post, I'm glad to see that Dr Lehman has managed to

eliminate the problems down to what could be if it happens again, and

I might just be weird, but where he told you if it happens again, it

is all panc related and that you will need to probably have the

pancreas removed, I just think that is a good call, only in the fact

that there are a lot of doctors who deny the pancreas is the problem,

and by the time the patient finds out it IS the problem, it is too

late or they don't stand a high chance of having the TP/ICT with

enough islet cells to transplant.

I hope these stents work for you, and at worst hopefully you will just

need continual stenting for a while..

Take care,

[Guest guest]

Kris I am so glad that things went mostly in a good way. You some

news, moght not be the best of news but atleast he has answered a lot

of your questions. You certainly were in the hospital for along time.

I hope your feeling better soon and the long ride home is not to taxing.

What kind of pain meds did he say to take.? What did he say about that

oxycontin? Did he write you enough prescriptions to cover you for 2

months. Do you have to get an exray to check on those stents. I hope

the stenting will make you feel much better soon. It did help for

alittle while last time, didn't it. What did he say about the doc you

have at home that didn't want to write for narcs?

Well have a safe and restful trip home and please let me know how you

are doing when you can.

Warmly,