hi everyone

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I haven't posted since I left for my trip to Indiana University

Hospital. I met with Dr. Lehman and he scheduled an ERCP for the

next morning. I had the ERCP and they cut the pancreatic sphincter

because of high pressure and recut my previous biliary

sphincterotomy. I did get pancreatitis from the procedure and was

hospitalized for a couple of days. I got home a week ago on

saturday. I was starting to feel better and weaned off the pain

meds. Only this past friday I awoke at 2 am with another attack. I

took pain meds. for the 1 1/2 hours and then finally passed out. I

am starting to feel just like I did before the ERCP. I thought that

I would at least get a month or so of relief before the attacks

started in again. I feel very discouraged. They also discovered

that I have villious atrophy in the jejunum of the small intestine.

They say I have celiac disease. I have changed my diet to products

that contain No-Wheat. I called the Hospital today to get the

results from biopsies that were taken during the ERCP. I was told

that the doctor would call me at home when he got to it. Of course,

in the meantime I am constantly thinking of everything. I hate

playing the waiting game for test results. I also wanted to ask

anyone who has had sphincterotomies in the past, -- Do you ever get

these sudden thumps, like a big " boom " feeling right where the ribs

split?? I started to get them sporadically after my first

sphincterotomy last year. Since my latest sphincterotomy, I get

these " booms " throughout the day. It sort of feels like a big

jolt. Sorry it is hard to explain, I was just courious if anyone

else experienced this.

Thanks for listening to me rant on. I just felt the need to vent

alittle and I knew that this was the perfect place to do it, and not

be judged.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Kris