Re: pancreatic stenting questions

April 12, 2004

Hi ,

While I don't have an answer for you (I wish I did) I did want to ask

why you choose this route. Was there another alternative for you? I do

remember it taking quite some time...at least 3-4 weeks before I felt

ok. But not usually pain free continuously.

Stenting was offered to me but in a different way. I was to do

stenting every 3 weeks for a year. As in... put one in, then 3 weeks

later, take it. Then 3 weeks after that put another in and 3 weeks

later, take it out. I was supposed to have it done this way for a year

and then maybe every other month for the next year. Then every 3 or 4

months for the year after that until I eventually got to only 1 time a

year. All in hopes of making the duct scar in an open position. My

specialist said you can't leave it in for longer than that unless you

had pancreatic cancer. And it doesn't come out on it's own.

And you are talking about seeing if it left the pancreatic duct. Do you

mean as in traveling and finding it's way out of your body without the

need of another ERCP? And how many of these are you doing in hopes of it

helping?

I turned this down because of the repeated ERCP's and frequency of it

all. I didn't want a pancreatic attack and hospitalization every 2

weeks. Have you had any luck with it besides this one being

troublesome? I did do stenting at one point and while it gave me a

pancreatic attack everytime, I did eventually find some relief from it,

but not enough for me to give up all the time it was going to require

away from my family and child.

krgg106 wrote:

>Hi all, can anyone tell me approximately how long it takes to

>recover from pancreatic stenting and pancreatic sphincterotomy???

>It has been almost 3 weeks and I have only had 3 days which I did

>not have to take pain meds. The nurse at the dr.s office said that

>it is still too soon to tell if the procedure has worked for me. I

>am supposed to find out tomorrow if the stent has left the panc duct

>yet or not. I might need another xray to tell. I sure hope that

>this pain goes soon. I am afraid that I will run out of pain meds

>in the near future and have to go to the ER. I absolutly hate going

>there. Any input or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

>Thanks,

>

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