Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hey Jerry: I have been reading posts and yours intrigued me. Sometimes we forget what causes everybody's pancreatitis, there is so much! When you say your sphincter of Oddi was fused closed.........what did they do about it? Mine was almost closed last year and I almost died with a case of pancreatitis from it. I have had that thing opened and stented and treated so many times it is ridiculous. I know someday there is going to have to be a permanent solution because they cannot keep going in there and opening it. It causes too much scar tissue. Who is your doc? Is that at Bowman Gray in Winston Salem? I go along for long periods of time and thing it is pretty much over and then it slams me in the face! Arghhhhhhhh! Kaye............Asheville, NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hi Kaye, Thanks for writing. I am having a helluva bad day today, so if I seem disjointed, that is why. They did an ERCP and cut it open. It is now non-functional because of that. I was in the hospital for a week after that ERCP. They also tried to stent, but the pressure in the pancreas sucked the stent inside and it got stuck. I went back about six weeks later for a three hour ERCP. They finally lassoed it with a wire loop and got it out. I was in the hospital ten days after that one. I will PEM you with my doc's name. I don't like to throw his name around on an open board on the internet. Jerry/NC ***************************************** > > Hey Jerry: > > I have been reading posts and yours intrigued me. Sometimes we forget > what causes everybody's pancreatitis, there is so much! > > When you say your sphincter of Oddi was fused closed.........what did > they do about it? Mine was almost closed last year and I almost died > with a case of pancreatitis from it. I have had that thing opened and > stented and treated so many times it is ridiculous. I know someday > there is going to have to be a permanent solution because they cannot > keep going in there and opening it. It causes too much scar tissue. > > Who is your doc? Is that at Bowman Gray in Winston Salem? > > I go along for long periods of time and thing it is pretty much over > and then it slams me in the face! Arghhhhhhhh! > > Kaye............Asheville, NC > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Geeze JErry it makes me hurt to read this! If it is nonfunctioning now, how does it keep the pressures down or are they down? How do you keep from keeping acute pancreatitis ALL THE TIME? When you are feeling better, fill me in. Kaye In pancreatitis , Jerry Pople <jmpople@g...> wrote: > Hi Kaye, > > Thanks for writing. I am having a helluva bad day today, so if I seem > disjointed, that is why. > > They did an ERCP and cut it open. It is now non-functional because of that. > I was in the hospital for a week after that ERCP. They also tried to stent, > but the pressure in the pancreas sucked the stent inside and it got stuck. I > went back about six weeks later for a three hour ERCP. They finally lassoed > it with a wire loop and got it out. I was in the hospital ten days after > that one. > > I will PEM you with my doc's name. I don't like to throw his name around on > an open board on the internet. > > Jerry/NC > ***************************************** > > > > > > > Hey Jerry: > > > > I have been reading posts and yours intrigued me. Sometimes we forget > > what causes everybody's pancreatitis, there is so much! > > > > When you say your sphincter of Oddi was fused closed.........what did > > they do about it? Mine was almost closed last year and I almost died > > with a case of pancreatitis from it. I have had that thing opened and > > stented and treated so many times it is ridiculous. I know someday > > there is going to have to be a permanent solution because they cannot > > keep going in there and opening it. It causes too much scar tissue. > > > > Who is your doc? Is that at Bowman Gray in Winston Salem? > > > > I go along for long periods of time and thing it is pretty much over > > and then it slams me in the face! Arghhhhhhhh! > > > > Kaye............Asheville, NC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 You would think they could come up with some kind of permanant stent by now, with all the technology we have. Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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