I'm Back and Finally Have DX of SOD

[Guest guest]

Hi all....thanks for all of your kind thoughts and words before I

took off for Indiana. Well, Dr. Lehman performed the ERCP with

manometry and as it turned out I do have SOD (which I suspected all

along)...he performed a sphincterotomy and put in a temporary stent

that I guess passes on it's own w/in a couple of weeks (if any of

you can tell me more about that I'd appreciate it!) I'm not doing

too well, the flights home yesterday were awful...but took my Mom's

advice and had wheelchairs meet me at each gate for the walks across

the airport to my next gate (just one connecting flight each way.)

I'm hurting pretty badly today but wanted to add that he has a

couple of colleagues (who apparently learned how to do the ERCPs

with manometry from him - he's the man for those I guess!) so I have

an appointment in Providence (about 20 mins from me) on the 14th of

September. We'll see how it goes..I'm anxious to be under the care

of a local GI who actually KNOWS something and will go from there.

Anyway..I participated in a research program that he and his

colleagues at Indiana University Med Ctr are conducting...in fact I

am the FIRST participant!! It is to study the effect of taking a

-2 inhibitor drug (which in my case happened to be Vioxx - and

yes, I read the studies regarding heart related problems the VERY

next day in the papers) 15 hrs prior and then again 3 hrs prior to

having an ERCP in an effort to see if it prevents people from

getting an acute panc attack post-ERCP. It is a double blind study

(meaning even the docs don't know if you're getting Vioxx or a

placebo) and will include about 500 participants over a period of a

year.

Thanks for all of your kind words and prayers....hope you're all

well. I'm going to try and read/catch up on the posts but wanted to

let you all know I am back.

love to you all