Re: hello, I'm new to board

[Guest guest]

Liz,

hello I'm new at this board and have learned a great deal so far

from all the members. It really makes my day to read all the

posts. I am starting to feel like I am not alone anymore. Sorry to

hear about your visit to SC. It seems that everyone has their own

experience with different doctors, some great and some not so

great. I have a consult with Dr. Lehman on the 23rd and I am going

to ask about the EUS to see if anything shows up for CP. Can you

tell me what showed up on your EUS?

Thanks

Kris

> I was diagnosed in October of 2003 with chronic pancreatitis

> after 8 long years of hearing it was all in my head and I was

> just under a lot of stress. Well I was under a lot of stress due

> my heallth problems.Finally I went to Birmingham,AL to Dr.

Shallcross

> who ordered a ERCP and I had a sphincterotomy and developed

> pancreatitis and still continued to have severe pain,naseau and

> vomiting.Finall in October I had a EUS and it diagnosed my CP.Last

> year I went to Dr. Cotton in South Carolina 9 hour drive to

be

> treated like they didn't have time for me and sent me home after a

> Ercp and said i had muscle spasms. Well that's enough info for

> now.Just wanted to let you all know my situation and hope to learn

> from you all little more about living with this horrible disease

> liz

[Guest guest]

Hi there and welcome. Your story sounds a lot like mine. About four

years ago, I started with bouts of nausea, diarrhea and abdominal

pain. At first the doctors thought the problem was with my

gallbladder because I had stones. They removed in it 2002 and a few

months later I was still having the same pain. After many, many tests

that showed nothing, I went to a GI doctor in Raleigh, N.C., who was

recommended to me by my sister-in-law who is a nurse with the VA in

Raleigh, N.C. He did the fecal-fat test in Novemeber and decided I

had malabsorption and put me on enzyme therapy, which has helped with

the bloating and diarrhea. I limped along since then and now the pain

is pretty severe. I've had a two CT scans and an MRCP and they both

showed nothing. From here I learned the tests aren't real definitive.

My next step is to have an ERCP sometime pretty soon. I have to talk

with GI doc tomorrow to find out about when he wants to have the test

done. Know that you're not alone. Hang in there. There are some great

people here. Tammy in N.C.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to our family Liz. You have come to the right place for

support. We are all here for you.

Rhonda