Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hi , I just want to say that you should be optimistic! I think that there is a good chance that your GB is the blame for what you are feeling. As my good surgeon says....don't cross the bridge until you have to. or something like that, meaning lets take care of the obvious stuff first and then go from there if we need to, but do expect that we need to. To set your mind at ease, when you see your surgeon on Monday, stay optimistic but ask point blank: if I still have the pain, nausea, etc. after recovering from the GB surgery what will you do next for me? Have a plan outlined, even if it is in general terms, that way you know that they won't just give up on you and that there is more out there for you to pursue. But from the reading I have done from the peer reviewed journals I think that you have a really good chance of getting relief from this surgery! At least it is a logical step and assumption for your doctors to be looking at. As far as my surgeon and the pancreas problem? To this day, he has not officially acknowledge that this happened during surgery. There is a long story involved with that concerning vacations, afghanistan and ego.......What is interesting is that it is considered a big failure for a surgeon to induce pancreatitis as a side effect of abdominal surgery. To admit or document that this happened is a huge ego buster and I haven't the courage yet to let him know that my ongoing problems are due to this " oh by the way, you have pancreatitis " diagnosis as he was walking out the door of my hospital room for his vacation (which is why he never documented it on my chart before he left and why it was considered purely anecdotal evidence until I found my lab values from that time. I am also planning on having my CT scan from then reviewed so that the radiological evidence of pancreatitis can be retroactively charted - I am assuming that this will make it easier for the doctors to treat me in the future). I digress....I want to wish you luck and to say that I will be optimistic for you! That I really think, wish, hope and pray that this will be the solution to your health problems! laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Laurie: Thanks for the optimistic words of encouragement. I guess I'm just skeptical by nature, and like I was just saying to , if this presented first with a diagnosis of pancreatitis why now suddenly the GB the culprit? I know they are all inter-related as to the biliary system, however, I will on Monday ask the surgeon those types of questions. My husband just put in a call to the GI doc who is supposed to call him at home later to answer that very question. Thanks as always > Hi , > > I just want to say that you should be optimistic! I think that there > is a good chance that your GB is the blame for what you are > feeling. As my good surgeon says....don't cross the bridge until > you have to. or something like that, meaning lets take care of the > obvious stuff first and then go from there if we need to, but do > expect that we need to. To set your mind at ease, when you see > your surgeon on Monday, stay optimistic but ask point blank: if I > still have the pain, nausea, etc. after recovering from the GB > surgery what will you do next for me? Have a plan outlined, even > if it is in general terms, that way you know that they won't just give > up on you and that there is more out there for you to pursue. > > But from the reading I have done from the peer reviewed journals > I think that you have a really good chance of getting relief from > this surgery! At least it is a logical step and assumption for your > doctors to be looking at. > > As far as my surgeon and the pancreas problem? To this day, he > has not officially acknowledge that this happened during surgery. > There is a long story involved with that concerning vacations, > afghanistan and ego.......What is interesting is that it is > considered a big failure for a surgeon to induce pancreatitis as > a side effect of abdominal surgery. To admit or document that > this happened is a huge ego buster and I haven't the courage yet > to let him know that my ongoing problems are due to this " oh by > the way, you have pancreatitis " diagnosis as he was walking out > the door of my hospital room for his vacation (which is why he > never documented it on my chart before he left and why it was > considered purely anecdotal evidence until I found my lab values > from that time. I am also planning on having my CT scan from > then reviewed so that the radiological evidence of pancreatitis > can be retroactively charted - I am assuming that this will make > it easier for the doctors to treat me in the future). > > I digress....I want to wish you luck and to say that I will be > optimistic for you! That I really think, wish, hope and pray that this > will be the solution to your health problems! > > laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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