Re: Pancreatitis and Connective Tissue Disorders

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Karyn,

you could be right. My son does not have CP but has these problems. I

do have CP and my left elbow has been so bad lately and also my right

knee. I thought it was nothing more than my sciatic nerve out of whack,

but I wonder about that now. Thanks for the info. Also someone else

wrote in here about refereed pain. Maybe that is what it is too. I

know that I have eaten some pretty high fat foods lately (birthdays and

all) and done fairly well with little pain after eating it, but lots of

joint pain. But then when I have been good about food, my pain in the

front seems to be bad every now and then...lasting intensely for about

15-20 minutes. Just enough to make me think about taking a pain pill

and then it goes away. Within an hour or so, it returns for about the

same duration. I usually use the breathing technique and do without the

pain pill if I can. Didn't I read somewhere that when CP eventually

progresses far enough the pain will become intermittent or even

nonexistent? Or did I hear wrong?

Sandy in California

KarynWms@... wrote:

>Sandy in California,

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>You wrote, " My son is just 13 and they are thinking this is [rheumatoid

arthritis and connective tissue disease] what he has now after more than a year

of no diagnosis... "

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>I am discovering that there are many more cases of connective tissue disorders

associated with Pancreatitis, than previously thought. It's the chicken or the

egg thing, however. I do know that it supports many of our claims that as our

disease progresses, we are often heard complaining of pain in our joints,

particularly our knees and hands. That is congruent with autoimmune disorders. I

think that it would behoove someone to do a study regarding this, since I do not

claim any other diagnosis, Lord knows, I don't need or want one more. However,

my pain symptoms seem to be running parallel to many of those non-specific

disorders, like we are speaking of. The other consideration is that there are

many medications, particularly ones that are used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

rate high for having Pancreatitis as an adverse reaction. Thus the chicken or

the egg deal.

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>Karyn E. , RN

>Executive Director, PAI

>http://www.pancassociation.org

>Pancreatitis Association International

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