Re: update and thank you for your support - Pat

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Hi Pat,

I imagine you're happy to be out of the hospital. None of us like it there, and

I

for one, always hate hospitalizations because I can never get any real sleep.

All the nurse's going in and out and constant interruptions to take blood or

check on me is too much interference for me.

The results of your CT-scan must be encouraging, I guess. Not that having an

atrophied pancreas is any consolation, but at least it's free of calcification

and

pseudocysts. Yes, atrophy will make it shrink. It's a good sign that there

isn't

any calfification, the more calcification you have the more damage that's been

done. Mine has so much calcification that the films show more white areas

than dark!

Your blood pressure increase was most probably a result of the stress of the

attack you were having. I've heard several people talk about their unusually

high BP readings they had when they were admitted. It's hard to say why this

attack was so much longer than most, but I do think that as the condition

progresses, the flares are longer and the attacks harder to recover from. At

least this is the way it's happened for me. No more one or two day flares,

each one lasts a longer period of time and seems to take more days before

I'm feeling fully over it.

Glad to hear that you're home and on the road to recovery. Take it easy and

the better days will be here soon.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina Rep.

SE Regional Rep., PAI

Note: All comment or advice is based on personal experience or opinion, and

should not be substituted for consultation with a medical professional.