Hi It's Lucy prettynew member

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Hi, Lately my PC has been causing alot of pain enoung for me to go to Urgent c

are and the ER so I saw my pain dr yesterday he said to come in for a shot that

goes in my spine he puts morphine and numbing stuff in there He left the catera

in so tomorrow he can put more meds in. He also found out the tube to my

morphine pump had fallen out agai n it did this once before. So he wooul have

to open my back aging to fix it. But I have a appt: with a GI doc on the 20th

maybe they can more it up for me. I am hoping the gi doc will have some answers

on what to do I heard there is a sent used somethimes for PC anyone know

anything about that doe s it relive the pain? I know there is other kind of

surgerys I heard some of you talk about them. The Wipple I heard that lessons

the pai n maybe there is something the gi can do so I can get this pump out of

my body Because I found when the pump is truned up higer I get 2 frozen

shoulders and my whole body is so stiff I can hardley get out of bed. The doc

told me it c ould cause stiffness but god that much. I am afarid to go up[ any

higer because of that. It hurts very bad. Lots of you I hear just take meds

and don't have pumps. Please give me any imput you can Lucy

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Dear Lucy,

It all depends upon what your particular pancreatitis problems

are as to whether or not stenting or a surgical procedure like the

Whipple would be of any help to you. If your pancreatitis is

caused by obstructive issues, then yes, those procedures may

be something a doctor would recommend. Do you know the

cause of your chronic pancreatitis? What brought on your first

attack?

There are three kinds of pancreatitis. There is alcohol caused

calcific pancreatitis, obstructive pancreatitis and pancreatitis

caused by genetic causes. Unless you have obstructive

pancreatitis, most surgical procedures wouldn't provide any pain

relief for you, since most of them are used to relieve obstruction

in the ducts.

For example, I have calcific pancreatitis, and stenting, a Whipple

or Peustow procedure would be of absolutely no use to me

since it wouldn't " fix " any of the problems my pancreatitis is

motivated by.

A thorough work up with a gastroenterologist should determine

what can be done to help you. I'm glad that you have the

appointment on the 20th, that's not too long a time away, and you

should learn so much more after you've been seen by a

professional.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments and advice are based on personal

experience or

opinion, and should not be substituted for consultation with a

medical

professional.

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heidi, When you say a obstructive do you mean of the bowl? I really don't know

what kind of PC I have not one dr could ever tell me they said they don't know

the reason why people get it. Plus I'd beeen have signs of pains from my stomach

thur my bac k on and off for years maybe 6yr I keep asking by dor general md I

was so sick I made him put me in the hospital told him to find out what is going

on the pain was just to bad to handle at home and I went to urgent care every

nite to get large dos of demoral so he brought in a gi doc he said I had PC but

was if ie about it like he didn't want to say for sure. Then he sent me to pain

doc wwe tryed differenmt thing s and the pain was so ssso bad he did a trial on

the morphine pump and I didn't care at that point I just couldn't take it

anymore. So who knows what I have I am constapied alot but I take alot of anit

depressants for years and now all the pain meds. I drink tables of flax seed

ground up in a coffee grainer overnight with about 3 laxatives. To try to avoid

that mess. So I am so unsure about everything the pain doc said he would put

the pump back in 2 or 3wks along time to suffer I guess. He gave me a new

script to try methadone 10mg. I think Kimbery mentioned it to me. so I hope it

will work. I have not tryed it yet since I had the injection in my nerve of my

back to day with medication. Thanks Lucy