Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 In a message dated 5/5/2004 12:36:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, shortstack11@... writes: I'm at my wits end here. I know i'm sick. My lipase is around 2200, i'm losing weight, have constant diarrhea, constant pain and nausea. I'm always pouring in sweat and exhausted. I'm just so upset and frustrated that my only option is stents. And this bothers me cause the surgeon sent a letter to my doctor stating he didn't feel the stents would work. I read the letter. So i'm so depressed now. Basically I feel like i'm gonna feel like this forever and they are never gonna tell me what's wrong with me. And they are never going to fix me. Thanks for listening. Jen Dear Jen, I know exactly what you are talking about. I used to be so sick with cp for years. I had many stents placed in my small duct and they didn't help but made my condition much worse. I don't believe that stents help. I have found by my own experience and others that stents scar the duct which lead to more attacks for me. I would really give stents a lot of thought before I agreed to having them placed. I had the TP/ICT and that was a cure for me. I had pain before the stents were placed but after the stents I had raging attacks. I hope this message doesn't confuse you any more but gives you something to think about. Your doctor is very wrong when he says that if the stents don't help then you don't have cp. There are all types of illnesses of the pancreas that stents won't help. They never helped me. Just made my conditions so much worse. Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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