Thanks for the warm welcome!

March 5, 2004

Thank you every one for the warm welcome and especially for the

info. Its a lot to try and take in in one sitting, Mark, but will

print it and try to learn what I can as fast as I can.

My initial problem started back in June of 2003, I had been out

working in high heat all day, then went for a quick Mt. bike ride.

When I got home, I felt nausea, and sweaty...thought it was just

dehydration of maybe a little heat exhaustion. Cranked up the AC,

got down a quart or so of water and made some pasta to get the

system back on track.

Within approx. 1/2 hour of finishing my meal, I was vomiting

heavily, uncontrollably, was my first clue something wasn't quite

right..decided it was still heat, so went for the Gatorade...very

soon had the start of abdominal cramping, but seemed higher up, near

the solar plexus. Laid down in bed for an hour or two figuring it

would go away as I cooled out and relaxed. Wrong was I!! It just

seemed to get worse. Had my wife take me to the nearest ER finally,

when I realized this was a pain I couldn't handle alone. Got to ER

they talked to our HMO which said they had to transfer me to their

facilty over 60 miles away. By the time they lined up an ambulance,

I was begging them to just knock me out. Woke up at the HMO

facilty, not knowing anything just plugged into a bunch of IV's and

such. After a day, finally saw a doc, who said that I was staying

there for a couple days because I had pancreatitis...had never heard

of it...that was just about all my initial consultation consisted

of. Had a wonderful nurse for the next couple of days, saw the doc

for about 5 min each day and was never given any real satifactory

answers. After 3 days the doc said I was free to go, if I could get

a ride by 2:00. Called my wife from work, she drove the 40 miles to

come get me....doc no where to be found, and had not filled out the

release as she stated she would. Checked myself out AMA after a

huge row with the guy behind the desk.

Was told I would be contacted within the week for a follow up

consultation...Took 10 days off work to try and set up an

appointment, but never got one until approx. a month later..took

more time off to get back home to meet with doc, figuring this is

where I finally get some answers...Nope took temp, Bp, all the

usuals and said they would contact me when I was to be seen again.

After that, feeling pretty P.O'd I went back to work and continued

fine until Sept. Sorry about the book, will fill in Sept. later

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