Re: alcohol to

[Guest guest]

,

I haven't read yet what everyone else has recommended for you, so if

this is a repeat of their advice, just skim it by.

You've acknowledged that you believe alcohol caused your pancreatitis.

If I were you, I'd tell this doctor that you have accepted the fact

that alcohol caused your CP, and will always be aware of the

consequences that could occur if you continued to drink, so you've

made the life decision to abstain from any alcohol, now and forever.

Tell him that this is your commitment and aren't going to stray from

it, so you'd appreciate it if he'd back off on all the lectures and

begin treating you as a patient, not an alcoholic.

If you think it would make a difference to him, tell him that you've

joined a support group that backs you up and keeps you straight.

You've admitted to your faults and feel that now he's so preoccupied

with his tirades about alcohol that you think it's interferring with

your treatment for chronic pancreatitis. He's focusing too much on

one disease when you now have another, and you need treatment for the

latter in order to get better. And, IMHO, once I have told a doctor

this, I expect him to respect my requests and get on with what needs

to be done to help my illness.

You could tell him that if he isn't willing to respect your

acknowledgement of what you've done " wrong " , and your promise not to

drink again, which he shows by continuing to lecture about it, you'll

have to change doctors. I personally wouldn't keep going to a doctor

like this who is so preoccupied with lectures about alcohol. Remember,

YOU are paying HIM for medical care and treatment, and you deserve a

doctor who trusts and respects your word and will treat you with

compassion and positive treatment.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

SC State & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or

opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional assistance.

[Guest guest]

Thank you Heidi,

That was the advice I was hoping to get. I am an adult, and have caused this on

myself. I know the effects of alcohol. I have been caught up in a trap for

years. And now I know what it has done to my pancreas. My first doctor said

that in people alcohol abuse can come out in the liver, stomach, gallbladder and

in my case the pancreas. I know what is ahead of me in dealing with this. The

point is that I am an adult, my doctor is an adult, we both understand the

cause, so lets get on with treating the condition and not alcoholism. There are

places and support groups for me to go to for that. I have tried being honest

wiht him but somehow he just keeps harping on the same old subject. Eventually

when I see him again in his office, he will be confronted. Thank you for your

response and support.

/Richland Washington

Heidi wrote:

,

I haven't read yet what everyone else has recommended for you, so if

this is a repeat of their advice, just skim it by.

You've acknowledged that you believe alcohol caused your pancreatitis.

If I were you, I'd tell this doctor that you have accepted the fact

that alcohol caused your CP, and will always be aware of the

consequences that could occur if you continued to drink, so you've

made the life decision to abstain from any alcohol, now and forever.

Tell him that this is your commitment and aren't going to stray from

it, so you'd appreciate it if he'd back off on all the lectures and

begin treating you as a patient, not an alcoholic.

If you think it would make a difference to him, tell him that you've

joined a support group that backs you up and keeps you straight.

You've admitted to your faults and feel that now he's so preoccupied

with his tirades about alcohol that you think it's interferring with

your treatment for chronic pancreatitis. He's focusing too much on

one disease when you now have another, and you need treatment for the

latter in order to get better. And, IMHO, once I have told a doctor

this, I expect him to respect my requests and get on with what needs

to be done to help my illness.

You could tell him that if he isn't willing to respect your

acknowledgement of what you've done " wrong " , and your promise not to

drink again, which he shows by continuing to lecture about it, you'll

have to change doctors. I personally wouldn't keep going to a doctor

like this who is so preoccupied with lectures about alcohol. Remember,

YOU are paying HIM for medical care and treatment, and you deserve a

doctor who trusts and respects your word and will treat you with

compassion and positive treatment.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

SC State & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or

opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional assistance.