Re: Home from the Hospital to Leanne

[Guest guest]

Leanne wrote:

<I am home I am going to have the Pain Block done tomorrow. I

am going to be going to Cleveland next week to see a Dr

Conwell. Has anyone heard of him.>

Leanne,

Wish we'd known what hospital you were in, we could have sent

encouragement to you, also! By now you will have had your pain

block, and I hope you're finding that it's going to work for you.

Depending upon the type of block you have, I've heard that

sometimes it can take several days before the full effects are felt,

so I'm curious to see how it's working for you.

You asked if anyone had heard of Dr. Conwell at the Cleveland

Clinic. I do know that several of our member's have been treated

there, and one member, in particular, had quite a bit of medical

procedures done there by Dr. Conwell last year, or maybe it was

two years ago. I don't remember the woman's full name, yet it

doesn't really matter because she hasn't been active with the

board for over a year, so she's not here to discuss it. From what

I remember, she had quite a bit of a problem and it wasn't

resolved successfully.

You shouldn't let this concern you, though, since Dr. Conwell has

an excellent reputation in the national medical community and

the facility is well known for their pancreatic procedures.

With any doctor, once you've met them and had your individual

case revewed and discussed, you should be able to determine

for yourself if you're comfortable with the doctor and his

recommendations. Since each of us have different problems or

different causes for our pancreatitis, i.e; obstructive, calicific or

hereditary, we all need to be fully reviewed and the

recommended treatment for one person may be totally different

than for another.

I wish you much success with your appointment. Please let us

know what the outcome is, and what Dr. Conwell recommends

for you.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

[Guest guest]

Hi Heidi, Thanks so much for the impute on Dr Conwell. I am ready

to meet him. My GI has Chosen to send me there, since Dr Fogel is

wanting to hold off on the Treatment from the Pancreas. My sister

and I had a long talk with my GI on Sunday before he released me

from the Hospital in Fort Wayne. Dr Schultz had them put the

Transpyloric tube back in. He is also trying to get the surgeon to

have it done permant. I am seeing a surgeon next week for a

possible port placement per my family doctoe he his worried because

I am averaging 10-15 sticks for labs and IVs. I have a website that

I started to keep people up to date. I wish my mom would had worked

on it while I was in the Hospital.

http://www.caringbridge.org/in/lsbaker

Leanne

>

> <I am home I am going to have the Pain Block done tomorrow. I

> am going to be going to Cleveland next week to see a Dr

> Conwell. Has anyone heard of him.>

>

>

> Leanne,

>

> Wish we'd known what hospital you were in, we could have sent

> encouragement to you, also! By now you will have had your pain

> block, and I hope you're finding that it's going to work for you.

> Depending upon the type of block you have, I've heard that

> sometimes it can take several days before the full effects are

felt,

> so I'm curious to see how it's working for you.

>

> You asked if anyone had heard of Dr. Conwell at the Cleveland

> Clinic. I do know that several of our member's have been treated

> there, and one member, in particular, had quite a bit of medical

> procedures done there by Dr. Conwell last year, or maybe it was

> two years ago. I don't remember the woman's full name, yet it

> doesn't really matter because she hasn't been active with the

> board for over a year, so she's not here to discuss it. From what

> I remember, she had quite a bit of a problem and it wasn't

> resolved successfully.

>

> You shouldn't let this concern you, though, since Dr. Conwell has

> an excellent reputation in the national medical community and

> the facility is well known for their pancreatic procedures.

>

> With any doctor, once you've met them and had your individual

> case revewed and discussed, you should be able to determine

> for yourself if you're comfortable with the doctor and his

> recommendations. Since each of us have different problems or

> different causes for our pancreatitis, i.e; obstructive, calicific

or

> hereditary, we all need to be fully reviewed and the

> recommended treatment for one person may be totally different

> than for another.

>

> I wish you much success with your appointment. Please let us

> know what the outcome is, and what Dr. Conwell recommends

> for you.

>

> With love, hope and prayers,

> Heidi

>

> Heidi H. Griffeth

> South Carolina

> SC & SE Regional Rep.

> PAI

>

> Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

> should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.