Re: Digest Number 3789 Msg 20

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FROM KATHY G. I HAVE 2 SMALL CYSTS IN MY

PANCREAS AND WHEN IT FLARES UP THE PAIN IS

BURNING THROUGH TO THE BACK. I AM A NEW MEMBER

AND HAVEN'T POSTED BECAUSE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL

WITH A TERRIBLE FLARE-UP. I WAS FED NUTRITION

THROUGH VEIN AND I'M SO WEAK BUT GLAD TO BE HOME.

CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE POSTS. TRYING HARD.

I AM LOOKING FOR A DR. THAT SPECIALIZES IN

PANCREATITIS THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. SO

THE SEARCH GOES ON. KATHY G.\MA

Message: 20

Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:59:22 -0000

Subject: Re: Burning pain & cysts (to ,

Beau, , etc)

,

I must admit Heidi's description of her

pseudocyst pain (in her 10/05 post) is much

closer

to what I experienced than your pain description.

I never had pain that I would have

described as " thru to the back " , and the shoulder

pain I had was high, next to neck, and I

rarely got that after the first few months, just

the mid to lower left abdominal pain,

sometimes to lower right as well.

Kurt (CA)

> >

, your description of pain going from

sternum up to shoulders, then later stopping

short of shoulders, is very close to what I

experienced prior to my cyst-drainage surgery in

July. What I'm wondering is, could someone

develop (undiagnosed) pseudocysts, long

after being diagnosed with CP? if I ever begin

to experience that type pain again, I'd

demand a scan to see if cyst may have

redeveloped.

Another issue to which I've never gotten an

answer from the medical profession, is why

pseudocysts flare up periodically, unrelated to

diet or activity.

I pray that all of you will have relief soon.

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