Re: SOD Chrissy and

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Chrissy,

Too bad 90 % of the physicians in this country can't take your drugs,,,, as they

sound like the idiots. Perhaps if they took some meds they would sound

intelligent ! Your expanation below was very good, you need to make some house

calls to some of these ER's where the docs have no clue !!!!!! Take with

you,,, her post was on target as well. She practically typed what I was feeling

about the hunger philosophy. We had this conversation on an early post on Oct 3

rd. I kept that email for some odd reason. Sometimes it helps to know others go

thru the same thing.

I even asked my acupuncture physician and GYN doc as I have increase in pain

around that " won-turd-ful " time of the month ( smile). Because of increase in

hormones we really do have an increase in pain. That is no different with the

hunger philospohy. Now if we can just prove all of that from a clinical

standpoint,,, we could all be rich !

Don't forget to all go out and vote !

Chrissy,

Any news yet ? I am praying for you girl,

Lily from Ohio

SOD

I had my sphincter of oddi removed sugically exactly one year ago.

I can assure you I know the differences in the pain I have now-v-

sod. One thing I do want to add is that when the sphincter is cut

it an heal and add scar tissue, sometime. A sphincter is just the

name for a round muscle. We have lots and lots of sphincter

muscles; around each eye, and of course the rectal muscle is a

sphincter too. The stents are often placed aftr an ERCP in order to

maintain patiency until the cutting (sphincterotomy) or by balloon

dilation can heal.

One of the best indicators as to whether or not you body is

excreting the enymes would be consistancy and color of ones stools.

Unexplained weight loss is also but may take several monthns before

it can be clinically proven. The profound weakness that comes with

poor nutrition can be disabling at time. That is why it is so

important to make sure that what you eat has the highest nutritional

value available that you can tolerate.

I would eat just about ever 2-4 hours when I worked just to allow me

the energy I needed to take care of all my patients. When I found

that I was unable to perform my duties to a standard that I set for

myself, I resigned, broke my heart.

Oh also, the tissue at the head of the pancreas where the duct of

santorri (sp?) meets the sphincter of oddi that can become swollen

and by being so swollen it can place pressure on or around the

sphincter muscle itself.

Doctors have been prescribing nitrodur, procardia, cardizem and the

others for a long time. It is theorized that these particular type

of drugs, calcium channel blockers, relaxes the smooth muscles in

the body. The sphincter of oddi being one, and it even relaxes the

muscles found within the whole body as well the muscles that within

the are veins and arteries. Which is why we get the headaches

Hope this helps somebody; sometimes I get on here after taking my

meds and sound like a complete idiot.

Warmly,

Chrissy