Post Whipple attack

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Tuesday after dinner I got a really bad case of heartburn. Took

some Tums and that did not help. Took a vicodin with the intent of

just going to bed. At midnight, I got up with my entire gut on

fire. I have no way to describe how bad it hurt. I could not get

Doug, my guy, to wake up so I drove myself to the emergency room.

Is that pitiful or what. The hospital is only a couple of doors

down the road but it is a huge addition to the pitiful routine.

The doctor in emergency was the same one that treated me my last

acute attack. Thank goodness he remembered me. No enzymes at a

high level. Just me saying I was in horrible pain. They put me on

dilaudid and my local gastro doctor admitted me. They kept me

pretty loaded up with the dilaudid so I slept for a couple of days.

My local gastro doctor is livid that I had a full Whipple for a

stone. I asked him if he had talked to the surgeon and he

said, " No. " His partner saw me later that day and asked me the same

questions about why I had a Whipple for a stone. I don't have an

answer for that. He wanted to know why I didn't have a Peustow.

(sp?)

Home now. Have to go see my PCP and the gastro next week. PCP

feels it is adhesions that is backing everything up. I will find

out. Back to work for two weeks and then miss 3 days. Not good at

all.

So, that is my first post Whipple problem. A big ouch.

I did have some time to pray for Chrissy! I also prayed for my

roommate as she had lost a few feet of intestine to Chrones.

Carol