Guest guest Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your posts but my computer has been giving me a fit. I am going to have to take it in to somebody to look at but my son and I had done some tinkering on it this weekend and it atleast, so far, is behaving somewhat. Hope I'm not jinxing myself. The HA1C, in the states, will provide a measurable indication as to how well your blood glucose has been over the previous 3 months. I would also suggest you have a C-peptide blood test done as well. C- peptide is a by product of insulin production. When the beta cells; which house the islets of Langerhans; produce the preinsulin it also produces a protein peptide chain. This is the c-peptide. The mesurement of this peptide will coincide with the amount of insulin produced. I dont know if this test is available in GB but it would certainly give them a lot of information as to how well your beta cells are functioning. I have been wanting to write to you about your question regarding sphincteroplasty and pancreatic divisum. A transduodenal sphincteroplasty is a procedure used to mainly treat sphinter of oddi dysfunction (the other sphincter as well but have forgotten its name at the moment) and strictures found primiarily in close proximity to the sphincter. It can be used also for divisum to allow for greater flow depending on the degree, placement and depth of the ductal divisum. It is often used as a first attempt with divisum and can be helpful with that depending on what damage has occurred to the pancreas and the ducts distal to the divisum. Often times the doctors will not really know the degree until they are actually inside the body and see the organ for themselves. Scopes and scans can only show so much. I had this surgery almost 2 years ago to date. That is when the surgeon held my panc in his hands and found that it looked like a 'walnut " , his words exactly. It was not succesful for me but I have known people with whom it had been. Sometimes it can buy some time, so to speak, before needing more invasive surgeries such as the Puestow, Whipple, Beger or the total. I hope this helps and good luck with the Endocrinologist. I have been stalling but need to find one myself. I guess I am just taking on one tasks at a time these days. Oh and by the way. when I first started out having to count my carbs I purchased a book by Corinne T. Netzer " The Complete Charohydrate Counter " . It has every thing you could imagine in there and the amount of carbs listed. It has been very helpful. It even has the foods one would fine in many of the franchise type restaurants and in the frozen foods from the grocery store. It even had boiled peanuts in there, a very southern delacacy...LOL. Give my best to Jim and the boys. Warmly, Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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