Needing help--Kim

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim. I know Dr. Cotton and I think you need to talk with him

again. When you had the sphincterotomy, did you get some relief

from pain? Did Dr. Cotton mention a sphincter of oddi manometry.

Or placing stents?

Dr. Cotton is a wonderful man and one of the best pancreatologist in

the world. He and some others invented the ERCP procedure. I used

to work on a unit where I took care of many of Dr. Cotton's patients

and he is a wonderful physician and very approachable. He will be

more then willing to talk with you about all this, might need to

make an appt tho.

I know how frustrating it is not knowing how you got cp. That same

question brothered me a lot, an obsession almost. But mine was many

factors put together. But you know what I did figure out. Its not

what caused it but what am I going to do about it. I think that is

something you need to think about too. What are you going to need

to help you get back to living a normal life? What do you want?

There are a lot of things you can do to help yourself as well.

Dietary changes can help a lot and supplementing your diet with

antioxident, minerals and trace elements can make quite a difference

in how you feel. A lot of people swear by them.

Call Cotton or send him an email, he will write you back. He is one

of the nicest docs I have every worked with. As a matter of fact

the entire group at the DDC at MUSC are 14th in the nation as one of

the best. I have been both a nurse and a patient in the DDC and was

very pleased with the quality of care they offer.

Looking back is not going to change the future, so you might as well

just keep looking forward.

I hope this helps some way

Chrissy