Re: Pancreatitis Partners in person -Chrissy

December 30, 2003

Dear Chrissy,

Yes, there was a group which was sponsered by MUSC named

" Pancreatitis Partners, " which met physically, in person on the hospital

grounds. It's been a long time, and I'm a little vague on the dates, but I

believe we first met in the Spring of 1997 at the Wellness Center in a very

nice lounge. I believe the last meeting was around the spring of 2001.

I'm sorry that the group disbanded, as I always learned a lot and made

several good pancreatitis friends who I still hear from. Penelope would line

up Drs., nurses, and patients to come and have a lecture and questions. For

example, Dr. made time in his demanding schedule to walk over there

and talk to us about surgical interventions for Chronic Panc. Then the last

hour or so he would answer questions. It's not often that you get that much

of a health care professional's undivided attention, so it was good. Kind of

like a very scaled version of the great symposiums Karyn and Tull put

together. We met for about 2-3 hours monthly. Later when funding became more

of a problem we moved to Rutledge Tower and started meeting once every 3-4

months as best as I can recall.

Diane Hollister, from this group, came all the way to ton from

Tennessee to see her doctor at MUSC. I'll tell you some more later, just

couldn't sleep and decided to check mail,, now back to try and rest.

Thanks!

Henry

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> I have met Penelope Chase several times, has

> been a while, I dont know if she is even still at MUSC. Why did the

> group disband? I did hear about a group called Pancreatitis

> Partners through MUSC but never looked into it. I would be

> interested in learning more about that.

>

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