Re: To Suzie and All!! RE: Celiac Plexus Blocks

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Suzi: just wanted to say thanks for your reply. I've got to get

offa here as even sitting in front of the computer now causes pain

unfortunately. Anyway, I've still got pain and still have my 150mcg

patches on...he said to try not take the percocet and I will try.

What I want to know is...should I stop taking my estrogen? Is that

the culprit for these attacks I've been getting? I take it

faithfully every night...2.5mgs of estradiol for a complete

hysterectomy done in 2001. What do you take instead if anything?

If you'd like to write me privately regarding this and more on the

blocks please do so....I think the block may break this cycle

hopefully, because that pain and nausea I just couldnt take AT

ALL!! I'd rather die if it happens again..and I MEAN THAT!! Esp,.

the nausea...I can take the pain more than that demon from hell

nausea!! But, what I'm also wondering and anyone else can chime in

here....is there a big connection between getting constipated and

getting that SEVERE nausea? Sure seemed to be to me and now I'm

ready to fire my new gastro doc (that the good Dr. Lehman

recommended to me I might add) because he's the one that told me to

take an entire bottle of magnesium citrate...which I did and I

thinkk that may (I HOPE TO GOD NOW THAT IT WAS!!) what threw my panc

into a full blown attack...anyone know about that? I'd appreciate

some answeres here because I'm sure not getting any from any of the

docs and I MEAN THAT...I'm also starting to get depressed because of

the lack of concern and/or compassion from these docs......sorry,

but I truly am.....hope all are well tonight.

the long lost but none of you forgotten to me!!

> >

> > 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