Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I'm going up there to have colon surgery. The GI up there who is going to check out my small intestine is also conversant with pancreatitis, so I've been told i'm in the best hands. Also the surgeon who will be doing my surgery happens to be one of the best in the country with knowledge about my Desmoid Tumours which are extremely rare. And I just found out a few weeks ago, that my surgeon back in Adelaide, South Australia, who performed my first colon surgery in 1993 was trained for his specialty in Cleveland, So I was getting the doc with the best credits back then and I didn't know it *L* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Your in great hands!!! My GI up there is Darwin L. Conwell (216-444- 6226 Midwest Multi-Center Pancreatic Study Group) He is outstanding, he is the one who did the study on me that didn't work, I had the surgery to no avail but at least he's trying something. The surgeon that did my BIG surgury I can't recall right now, I'll look it up ASAP. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 The surgeon at CC that did my pancreas tail removal, spleen removal, and gall bladder extraction was R. Walsh, M.D. Phone: He is great, even cut around my bellybutton and promised me it would stay an inny,lol-it did, looks a bit funny, but my cut is a nice straifght line about a foot in length, important stuff you know... Only took me 2 weeks to get to go home, but I was a very strong 26 year old who poured concrete and ran a 90 pound jackhammer for fun. CC must be a great place, never seen so many people from outside the US, only negitive is the location, don't go walking around at nite without a big dog with an attitude. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 being new to this position on the board I keep forgetting to put my email address on my posts..it is dceward@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Thanks for the info, I shall update it soon for the board. My scars..well I say I've got a cut for Tennessee *L* then I had more surgery and I now look more like a patchwork quilt. Doctors have gone through my belly button 3 times now, so it looks like a button hole..*L* Thanks for the tip about safety in Cleveland..I did wonder about that and it was a question I was going to put to the woman who has helped organize my stay up there. I wonder if people named their pancreas and talked to it like they do a car that breaks down all the time if it would make a difference and not act up as much..I know i've threatened to take a couple of my previous vehicles to the caryards for destruction if they didn't work properly..seemed to work for a while *L* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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