RE: Celiac Plexus Blocks back to

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Just checking in with you...are you doing better now that your block

is in place? I go back tomorrow to have a second block placed in my

back...I am praying for the best...to get through Thanksgiving

without a lot of pain. I am praying that you have a relief from the

pain and nausea...for several months too!

As for estrogen...I know that I had a flare when I was put on

estrogen. I had to take estrogen because my last block (done

through the back) started my period just as it ended, and it got so

heavy and kept continuing with no end in site that I knew I had

better see my OB/GYN. He knew of my CP...and knew I had

endometriosis, but thought that estrogen would heal whatever was

causing the bleed, and the blood loss needed to stop ASAP. I don't

take hormones at all, haven't in years, and after that disaster, I

will never do that again! I can't say don't take your estrogen, I

read someones post that it was bad without the hormones, so I think

you and your doctor will have to do a trial to see if you indeed

would do better without them, and hack the side effects. My Doctor

(family physician this time) thinks that perhaps there is

endometriosis growing on my pancreas, among other things, and I am

finally starting to admit that hormones play a part in the flares,

although not every time. Funny, ever since I started having

problems, I swore up and down it had nothing to do with my cycles,

and finally my Doctors all agreed the CP flares really didn't

correlate, now I am thinking that there is a connection between the

flares, the cycle and the amount of pain...some of the time, anyway.

I hope you are feeling better...by this time tomorrow night I hope I

am feeling better myself! Take care.

Hugs,

Suzi

Colorado

> > >

> > > Sorry for the cheesiness of this email...I'm actually

> > > cutting/pasting something I wrote to another person earlier

only

> > > because I'm so weak and still not good after this awful attack

> from

> > > the demons from hell which I'll semi-describe below. But,

what

> I

> > > need help on are success/failure stories on celiac plexus

> blocks.

> > > I'm scheduled for one tomorrow at 10 am..I'm sooo hoping it

will

> > > work. Also, please let me know if you think they're more

likely

> to

> > > work on someone with (a) SOD and ( EARLY cp....like since

last

> > > Jan/Feb timeframe...i.e., are they more like to work in

someone

> > that

> > > hasn't had cp for very long than in someone say that has had

cp

> for

> > > YEARS? Sorry I haven't written much....but here is why in a

> sort

> > of

> > > summary....

> > >

> > > my Mom is here on an emergency visit because I've been soooooo

> > > sick. It all started last Tuesday when I )stupidly in

> retrospect!)

> > > started getting constipated which apparently can cause nausea

> which

> > > I've had SEVERELY, OVERWHELMINGLY since last week. Tried to

get

> > > myself " cleaned out " with enemas, suppositories, etc., finally

> went

> > > to doc on Thursday and he advised (stupidly!!) to take an

entire

> > > bottle of magnesium citrate.....well, I did and had the most

> severe

> > > case of pancreatitis and nausea at the same time that I

actually

> > > thought I was going to die....went to ER, they basically did

> > nothing

> > > but treat the pain and nausea with dilaudid and phenergan.

> > Tomorrow

> > > am scheduled for a celiac plexus block after spending almost

all

> > day

> > > today at the pain management specialist on an emergency appt.

I

> > have

> > > NEVER had an attack like that and hope I NEVER do again. I

> really

> > > just wanted to die...mostly the nausea, I just couldn't stand

it

> it

> > > was so awful!!! Couldn't sleep, could't

> eat...nothing.....nothing

> > > was helping. Went outta here in the ambulance on Sunday to ER

> (as

> > > mentioned above.).....these doctors are clueless....put a call

> into

> > > Dr. L....he said they NEVER should have advised magnesium

> citrate

> > in

> > > that amount in a patient with a pancreas problem (however,

this

> was

> > > the doctor he recommended.....go figure.) gotta go for

> > > now.....please say a prayer that this celiac plexus block

> > works....I

> > > sure am. I can't take this anymore...and of course, now this

> new

> > > doc is refusing to sign onto the disability retirement thing

> > because

> > > I've only seen him twice. Well, hello, not my fault that you

> book

> > > like 3 months out......take care and hope you're ok.

> > >

> > > love,

> > > P.S. If you know of anything about the celiac plexus blocks

> please

> > > let me know ok? Thanks