Question to all or anyone

February 16, 2004

I've got a question for u guys and I do realize you guys aren't

doctors but seem to have more knowledge of these issues than they do.

I've not been diagnosed w/CP but have had problems since July, 2000.

I was really sick w/nausea, chest and back pain on both sides. First

eposide started after an high fatty meal. Two days later, went to

doc and said probably gastritis and put on acidhex. Seemed a little

better for 3 days and went to dinner. I had two drinks and was so

sick w/nite sweats, fever and the same pain. Went back to doc and

through many basic tests including ultrasound, blood work,

endoscopy. GI switched me to Prevacid. After 6 weeks of this, I

found a new PCP. He first thought was my gall bladder and sent me in

for a HIDA scan. Here's my question. During the beginning of the

scan, they put the radioactive med in the IV and laid me under the

scan watching on the monitor why the med travel through your

digestive system. Well it never showed my gall bladder after 1 hr so

they then instead of giving the CCK, put a tiny bit of morphine

through IV. Well my gb showed up within 5 min. The report stated

that scan showed indications of acute and chronic gall bladder

disease w/o stones. Had it removed immediately. I did get some

better but still have this severe left sided chest and back pain.

ONly mainly, left sided through. Continued going to the docs

w/numerous testing which all were normal. Do you think that it

taking so long to find out my gall bladder wasn't functioning that it

did some kind of damage to my pancreas causing this chronic pain that

I'm still experiencing all these years? I'm going nuts here. I

finally quit going to the docs in mid 2001 as they started thinking i

was just a " nervous " person. And yea, after being sick all this time

it does make a person " nervous " as not knowing what it is. And I did

have an ERCP in Feb, 2001 as my GI dilated the biliary duct and

removed 2 small stones and lots of yellow debris. He did not check

the pancreas duct as he didn't want to cause any other problems since

my labs have always been normal.

Thanks so much,

Tonya

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