Re: Hi - I'm new to this group

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I wanted to welcome you to our group. My name is Deanna, I'm 40 yrs.

old & live in New Mexico. I've had cp for about 10 years. I'm gald

you're here, but I wish it wasn't for this reason. This is such a

great support group. It's the cp group I've stayed with. Everyone

here is very open & can understand what you're going through.

I was " in the dark " for a couple of years before my actual

diagnosis. Then I was accused of being an alcoholic & a druggie.

Things have gotten better, I guess b/c I have 10 yrs. of

documentation. I know what it's like to be in constant pain. I was

in the hospital a couple of weeks ago & have been in relentless pin

since. That's when I get discouraged & start reaching out to the

people here.

I was curious where you live? What kind of work do you do? Please

let me know how the CT goes, ok? I hope you'll stay.

Hugs,

Deanna Tubb

New Mexico PAI Rep

> Just wanted to post a quick one to introduce myself and to let

> everyone know that I'm so glad that I found this group!! My name

is

> and I was diagnosed just last week with pancreatitis. So

far,

> I've had the ultrasound, CT scan and tomorrow (at the ungodly hour

or

> 6:15 am!!) have to go in for an upper endoscopy procedure. No gall

> stones (which I was surprised because my father and grandfather had

> gall bladders removed due to gall stones). And nothing else

> glaringly obvious at least from CT scan, etc. So.......I'm in the

> dark for now. I've been out of work on leave for almost 2 weeks

now,

> and have been in almost constant pain since then. Anyway, just

> wanted to say hello.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome Deanna. I'm 45 yrs old and very nervous about

all of this. I'm really hoping that the gastroscopy/endoscopy

scheduled for tomorrow will show something. Mainly because I just

want to get a firm reason for all of this and proceed on from there I

guess. But, like I said (and I don't know if it's common) the CT and

ultrasound didn't show anything as far as gall stones, etc. I went

to the gastroenterologist yesterday for the first time, and yes, I

too, got the impression that the alcohol-thing was in question. It

made me feel kind of weird and yet, I guess they have to look at

those types of things because of the " statistics " . Anyway, although I

used to have a couple of glasses of wine at night or maybe a couple

of glasses of rum/diet cokes I am not what anyone would consider an

alcoholic!! I'm feeling a " bit " better today physically (but wonder

if I'll ever be able to exercise again!! I've lost over 70 lbs in the

last year and felt great until this). I live in Rhode Island and I'm

a financial analyst working for the government.

Thanks for the welcome

> > Just wanted to post a quick one to introduce myself and to let

> > everyone know that I'm so glad that I found this group!! My name

> is

> > and I was diagnosed just last week with pancreatitis. So

> far,

> > I've had the ultrasound, CT scan and tomorrow (at the ungodly

hour

> or

> > 6:15 am!!) have to go in for an upper endoscopy procedure. No

gall

> > stones (which I was surprised because my father and grandfather

had

> > gall bladders removed due to gall stones). And nothing else

> > glaringly obvious at least from CT scan, etc. So.......I'm in the

> > dark for now. I've been out of work on leave for almost 2 weeks

> now,

> > and have been in almost constant pain since then. Anyway, just

> > wanted to say hello.

> >