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Originally everyone was hoping or expecting everything to clear up

after I had my gallbladder removed. And it did for awhile. But the

pain showed up in a different spot, and the diarrhea got worse. I've

had every test imaginable -- endocscopy, colonoscopy, cat scans,

MRIs, regular ultrasound. The original GI doctor thought I had that

dumping syndrome and put on Questran. That did nothing. Then my PCP

put me on librax and that turned me into a space cadet. That was in

the fall and at that point work was getting pretty worried because

they knew I was sick. So that's when I went out on short-term for the

first time.

I cancelled the EUS because I figured there was no sense in getting

it done -- that it would just show everything's AOK. Bad decision, I

know. Duke said they want to do one if the fecal elastase shows an

abnormal reading. I think my second GI doctor is mad. I could call

his office and tell him that I made the wrong decision, I guess. I'm

going to call my insurance and see if they'll cover coming to

ton. I'll let you know what happens. Tammy