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you wrote:

I've actually got a call into Dr. Lehman's office right now

(message) and a call into my last GI doc's office as to " the guy

that does the ERCP w/manometry. "

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- don't mess around - if you want the best pancreatic specialist to do

an ERCP w/manometry get into Dr. Lehman ASAP. He is the best. You should be

able to get an appointment for a consult within a week or so as well as

schedule the ERCP the day after your consultation (I made my own

appointment). He can almost diagnose someone based on your history, med

records, and symptoms. He tells it like it is and he doesn't take any crap

from other doctors who don't know what they are talking about . I had a

local GI tell me I was just menopausal and also a teaching University GI

tell me I was just fine after an EUS - she told me no way could I have SOD

or I would be on the floor doubled over in pain. Well, when I saw Dr. Lehman

he saw my med records that I did have documented Acute Pancreatitis once -

and the other 4 attacks were not documented - based on that and the symptoms

I described - he diagnosed me with either Chronic Pancreatitis and/or SOD.

He told me he strongly disagreed with the teaching University GI who said

that I couldn't have SOD or CP. We decided together not to do the ERCP even

though I was scheduled for one as I wanted to try a more conservative

approach and I didn't want to cause another attack of Pancreatitis. He wrote

a letter to my physician that he believed I had CP and or SOD and to treat

me for pain. I don't take pain meds everyday maybe every two days (my pain

waxes and wanes )or so and I don't have any nausea - so I am trying to avoid

an ERCP unless my pain accelerates.

Good luck -- Debbie- Mich