Guest guest Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Hey Jerry! I know you from the other list. Anyways, I'm female, 45, have Sjogren's syndrome. My panc was initally triggered by gallstones caused by my ped doc putting me on a stupid diet when I was 12. Then the gallstones were mis'dx'd and things went downhill from there. I've had some really wacky liver stuff go on (more bloodwork and poking on Thursday, gosh don't you love doctors-LOL!) I'm on Viokase, Pepcid, Lactulose, nitroglycerine (for spasm) and various stuff for pain as needed. When I get real bad I go on nothing but enteral formula. I'm a big fan of Peptamen-tastes like crap, but makes the dratted panc calm down. I probably won't post much since I'm useless and grumpy a lot of the time (<G>).I hope everyone is feeling as well as possible today. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Hey Margaret - nice to hear from you and welcome!! Jerry/NC ******************************************** > > Hey Jerry! I know you from the other list. Anyways, I'm female, 45, > have Sjogren's syndrome. My panc was initally triggered by gallstones > caused by my ped doc putting me on a stupid diet when I was 12. Then > the gallstones were mis'dx'd and things went downhill from there. > I've had some really wacky liver stuff go on (more bloodwork and > poking on Thursday, gosh don't you love doctors-LOL!) I'm on Viokase, > Pepcid, Lactulose, nitroglycerine (for spasm) and various stuff for > pain as needed. When I get real bad I go on nothing but enteral > formula. I'm a big fan of Peptamen-tastes like crap, but makes the > dratted panc calm down. I probably won't post much since I'm useless > and grumpy a lot of the time (<G>).I hope everyone is feeling as well > as possible today. > > Margaret > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Hi Margaret! I think mine was called by gallstones too (not really sure) and I was put on a diet in 4th grade by my doc, so I can relate. What is Peptamen? Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Peptamen is a weird tasting, very expensive prescription medical formula by Nestle. Its kind of an alternative to TPN when resting the panc Here's a link http://tinyurl.com/ajf32 there is an article as well... " Peptamen: A novel therapy in patients with chronic pancreatitis Gastroenterology (1997) vol 112: A441 S D Freedman " Did they tell you everything would clear up when you had your gallbladder out?-boy were they wrong w/me. Margaret > Hi Margaret! > > I think mine was called by gallstones too (not really sure) and I was > put on a diet in 4th grade by my doc, so I can relate. > > What is Peptamen? > > Eileen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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