Jen

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I cant say that I am happy about hearing a fellow Canadian speak so badly

about our medical system . You just havent been to the right doctor or else

havent accepted the fact that this disease is here to stay and the secret is

learning to live with it the best you can. I am appalled. from

Canada

[Guest guest]

Another thing you could look into where there would be no cost to

you is a clinical trial. I found a site that lists 3 trials wanting

to recruit people, but I don't think you fit them, or not as yet

anyway...but there are two doctors in Toronto heading the trials for

Canada, and it can't hurt to contact them and see if they can help

you at all. Here is the info on the doctors..email them or look

their names up online for contact details.

Canada, Ontario

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Not yet

recruiting

Marshall, MD john.marshall@...

Ori Rotstein, MD orotstein@...

Ori Rotstein, MD, Sub-Investigator

Marshall, MD, Sub-Investigator

....and here is the site I found..

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/action/GetStudy

....and another one..

http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat436.html

....and more

http://www.biotrin.ie/clinician/acutepanc.htm

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/gastro/endoscopy/trials.htm

There are many more...I just typed in " clinical trials for

pancreatitis " in my browser and these are a few that it gave me.

Hope they help for you. Getting into a clinical trial is usually all

paid for by the hospital, including getting you there and back and

accomodation...the con is that it is not a proven cure, procedure or

medicine and you are the guinea pig. That is how I got around

getting help for another illness I have been unfortunate enough to

have inherited, when my insurance company wouldn't cover me for

anything experimental..or outside the area of my coverage.