TO: and all

[Guest guest]

I am so sorry that you are having problems with hernias again!

Please know that you are in my prayers with special prayesr. You

have endured so much yet through it all helped so many. I wish

there were something I could do. I wish, as I am sure

others do, that I were closer to give you some " hands on " help!

To any of the group that is reading this note and haven't heard this

story, was one of my nurses when I first got sick in

1997. She is THE ONE that I remember as she gave me such good

care! Several years later I " found her " in this group! She did

not have pancreatitis when she took care of me and I remember many

long talks we had about the disease and good advice she gave me. I

was shocked to hear later that she also had developed pancreatitis

in its most severe form!

I always smile when I remember how I " found " Chrissy in this group.

I was telling the group about a nurse that I had at MUSC who was

wonderful and the advice she gave me. I told them I could remember

her by her very long, dark, " I Dream of Jeannie " hair! She had it

up in a high ponytail like the I Dream of Jeannie character. Low

and behold, she came forward and identified herself. Small world

isn't it? Funny how some things stick in your memory, but I can

remember the exact, room, spot etc where I stood and talked to

Chrissy and this was at a time when I was miserably ill! I remember

we had a chat about laparoscopci gallbladder surgery and

pancreatitis, as well as other things and a few chuckles.

This lady is one GREAT AND WONDERFUL nurse and in our prayers we

need to remember and say extra special prayer that she be made well

and able to go back to the profession she loves so. Pancreatitis

patient's need nurses like her in the profession! The ones who know

this disease.

Chrissy you are in my prayers and I wish I could reach through and

just take that pain away!

God bless

Kaye