vanderbuilt

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Hi ,

I usually don't like to name dr.'s because my opinion may differ

from anothers, and I don't want to step on anyones toes, so to

speak. But in this case, I vowed that I would never hold back when

it came to Dr. Lind. He preformed my first ERCP and I woke up

during the procedure to feel this thing turning around in my stomach

and hear the doctors talking. Embarrassing as it was, I had to

grunt to let them know that I was awake (because of the tube down my

throat). They did knock me out again and when I woke he said

everything was fine. He said I had IBS or something and I was

quickly sent on my way because the clinic was closing in a few

minutes. Needless to say I made it to the cafeteria and came down

with awful stomach pain and then some nurses picked me up off the

floor and I proceeded to vomit. They wanted to take me to the ER

but I insisted that they take me to my ride in the parking lot. I

did make it home and was sick, sick, sick that night. Dr. Lind

never told me anything about the possible after effects from the

ERCP to watch out for. I had never even heard the word

pancreatitis. I called him the next day to tell him I was in pain

and he said to go to the ER and there was nothing he could do for

me. My next visit was 2 years later and I told him I was having

these severe attacks again, and I was in tears. That's when he

said " I don't have time for this and left the room " ! The intern had

a look of astonishment on his face. I had never felt so low and

belittled in my life. But the positive side to my mental breakdown

was that I decided to take charge of my medical life, as much as

possible. He did note on his operative report that he could not get

anything into my sphincter and made 5-6 attempts before trying

something else. My second ERCP was done in PA and the dr. could not

access the bile duct either and did a biliary sphincterotomy and

noted that I had mucus and stenosis in the bile duct. A much

different diagnoses from the first. I don't know anything about the

other dr.'s at Vandi. I am sure they are good at what they do. I

just don't go to the hospital anymore. Two bad experiences were

enough for me. I am glad that you found Dr. Lehman and have had

success with him. I hope I have the same success there too. Take

care

Kris

-- In pancreatitis , " dcward108 " <dceward@e...> wrote:

> Hi Kris,

>

> Do you mind me asking which GI it was? When I gave up on my local

> GI, I travelled to Vanderbilt to get a second opinion about

keeping

> my stomach or not (separate issue). That doctor was Dr Bill Grady.

> He mainly deals with research in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis,

> which is a hereditary condition I have. Anyway, he was wonderful

and

> he organised for a Dr Lind to perform an ERCP to find out why my

> pancreatic duct kept blocking.

>

> I found Dr Lind compassionate enough, but I was extremely

> disappointed when I came to and he told me that after 45 minutes

of

> searching for my pancreatic duct, he couldn't find it and just

gave

> up...okay..so because he couldn't find it...i'm supposed to live

> with that reason?..no way,it hurts too much.

>

> That is when Dr Grady referred me to Dr Lehman. He had the same

> problem, but persisted and eventually found where the duct opening

> was. Reason they had trouble finding it was because scar tissue

had

> caused pressure on the outside of the duct and forced the opening

to

> close, so it just looked like the wall of the duodenum.

>

> Other doctor's i've dealt with there have been Dr Ken Sharp

> (surgeon), and oncologists Drs Logston and Berlin.

>

>