Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis

[Guest guest]

Toni,

I am sorry to hear that you had to return to the ER with another case of

pancreatitis. I understand the frustration / anger / sadness of being hit with

something you thought was behind you. Some of the research states that

treatment may resolve the current episode of pancreatitis, but unless the cause

of

the problem is resolved then it may likely reoccur, i.e., what caused you to

need a sphincterotomy in the first place? Did the doctors address this with

you?

Karyn E. , RN

Executive Director, PAI

Indianapolis, Indiana

[Guest guest]

> Toni,

>

what caused you to

need a sphincterotomy in the first place? Did the doctors address this

with you?

Hi ,

I have had a biliary sphincterotomy with the first ERCP, and a

pancreatic sphincterotomy with the 2nd ERCP. I was told I would that

sphincterotomy was a possibility, but was never told if there was an

objective finding to warrant this. The hospital this was performed in

does not have the capabilities of doing Manometry to see if

sphincterotomy was necessary r/t pressure and they didn't find a

stricture or area of stenosis, so it is beyond my comprehension as to

why it was done.

I like my GI doctor, but I feel like I need to see a specialist at this

point. Am I being unreasonable? I think mostly I just want an answer as

to what is causing this. How many acute attacks can one have before I

am having a chronic problem I wonder????

thanks for the support and the chance to vent

Toni