Re: about that 3 year rule

[Guest guest]

Hello Heidi and Judy,

Okay. Now I am freaking out. I didn't sleep last night at all worried

to death about an attack that requires me to go to the hospital. As I

stated it's been 2.4 (being totally accurate so as not to mess with my

karma) years since surgically induced attacks requiring morphine for

pain and a hospital stay. And it was 5 months before that that I had one

on my own. During that series of ERCP's, my ducts were so blocked it

took many ERCP's before the doctor could insert stents to help keep them

flowing.

I have always had pain here at home at different times that I could take

percocet or darvocet for and do pretty well managing it. Sometimes I

don't take anything at all because I do Lamaze (sp) breathing and deal

with the pain that way. When I stopped the last ERCP's, the specialist

said an attack was pending that would put me in the ICU ward if I didn't

continue on with the ERCP's. I didn't and that was 2.4 years ago. That

statement has always been in the back of my mind but as the time has

gone on, I think I got more comfortable with the fact that I was not

" doing as bad as I could be " and actually gained weight and was feeling

pretty ok with this. Not anymore.

I thought I remembered someone who recently came back to our board that

said they went almost 5 years (I believe thats the time they said)

without a hospital visit but with daily pain, before it came back full

force. I thought I remembered them saying they even led a relatively

normal life as far as eating went but of course no alcohol. I just

thought I was in some sort of remission, if you will. I mean as far as

hospital visits went. Now I am scared to sleep at night because what if

tonight is the night I have an attack?! Now I am sweating the fact that

I haven't seen a specialist is so long. Good Grief!!! Does this

worrying ever end. I think I slept a total of 5 hours last night and

not soundly at all. I heard every noise, rustle in the wind and cat in

the neighborhood. I truly wish I never read about this 3 year thing.

Judy, please don't get me wrong. It's wonderful information for people

to know. I had not heard this before and it may make alot of people feel

good.

But now, I am just in a panic about it. Like most of everyone here on

this board, my biggest fear isn't the pain from the attack, but having

to be in the hospital away from my son for so long. Having to wake him

in the middle of the night to rush me to the hospital for pain relief.

Now I don't know if I really wanna go to the FNP tomorrow to talk about

this possibility of diabetes. I don't need something else to freak out

about. Heidi, don't worry, I will go. I just don't wanna. I didn't

really care one way or another what would have come from this testing.

Now I am scared to death!

Sandy in Ca

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