Fliss -- sorry for being so verbose

[Guest guest]

I am glad that you and your physicians have been so thorough. So

many people blindly do what ever a MD will tell them. I am not sure

if you knew but I am a RN in a major teaching hospital. I used to

work on an ONC floor; very difficult on the heart. I then went into

recovery, post procedural care; pts after surgery and ercp's and the

like. Now I strickly do pre operative prep on all pts having

surgery. Even though I do work on all pts I have worked with GI

surgeons specifically as it has been an interest of mine for many

years even before I had panc problems. Unfortuntely I have seen

many pts with cancer or will know after the case if it is or not and

it is very stressful for them and their families to say the least.

I do a lot of hand holding and tend to spend more time with families

then with the pts; I like the teaching aspect. You can not imagine

how many people come in and are completely clueless as to what is

going to happen. They roll off to the OR and the surgeon did not

even have the decency to pop in prior to that. Actually there are a

few surgeons, whom I respect, who ALWAYS see their pts before they

roll. Makes a huge difference in how the pts and their families

feel. Knowledge is power and power is control; when people loose

control and power over their lives it can be a tremedous

physiological stressor. Stress is not a favorable environment for

healing. Look at me; I have been away from work too long and have

jumped on one of my soap boxes. I am so glad that you and your

MD's have an open line of communication. Please let me know how

your doing. I have had a good day today and am feeling a lot better.

Warmly