J. J.'s films

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J.J. wrote:

I brought them with me to this appointment but the doctor only

read the report, he did not review any of the two dozen films.

J.J.,

I wish I'd read this before my first reply. If the doctor made his

prediction that it was gastroparesis WITHOUT looking at your

films, he may very well change his tune when he gets a look at

them.

I had a similar experience when changing from one GI doctor to

another. I had two pseudocysts on 12 films from the first

doctor/hospital which the second GI had never seen. He had a

different radiologist at a different hospital do the next CT-scan

and the second radiologist reported there was only one

pseudocyst, and the new GI doctor believed him......until I

insisted that he LOOK at the 12 earlier films. Once he did, of

course the confusion was all solved as it turned out that the

second radiologist hadn't even filmed all of my pancreas and

had missed the second pseudocyst altogether!

It all got worked out in the end, but it caused a lot of confusion,

disbelief and doubt for a couple months that really held up my

treatment. At the time my doctor didn't know me well enough to

know whether I was telling the truth, or what I was talking about.

You might contact this new specialist and ask that he personally

review ALL your films before your next visit and give you his

personal interpretation of all of them. If you phrase it the right

way by letting him know that you value his " expertise " in this,

(flattery, flattery)......and that you want his opinion, he may find

something there that someone else has overlooked. Especially

since he said he wasn't that confident in the review done by the

radiologist of the first EUS that said there was pancreatic

inflamation. Flattery often works in moving things in the right

direction, and everyone has " some " ego....so maybe he'll get

motivated to use his review of these films to backup his present

analysis of your problems.....or perhaps he'll see something

else entirely. It certainly couldn't hurt to ask.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for consultation with a medical

professional.