Stones

[Guest guest]

So then they CAN look around inside the liver for other stones? I wonder if

they will do this being my sonogram was negative.

I thought they did this only of the stone was in the duct.

Pearl,

On my ERCP, the doctor said that he made the sweep 5 times and saw nothing,

but he knew there had to be a stone in there somewhere. So after he had the

others who were helping him hook up the x-ray which has dye in it, he pinpointed

the exact spot where the stone was and got it and fixed it so I could pass

it.

I do remember him telling me that this procedure could carry a high risk of

pancreatitis, but I did just fine. My pancreas had calmed down before this,

actually. And it didn't cause it to flare back up again.

Now, the reason that the ERCP was done prior to surgery was because the

surgeon did not want any stones in my ducts period when he did the surgery. He

was

picky about that. I have to admit that he was a good surgeon. He had a good

standard of practice. He ALWAYS started with a lap-choly just to check

things out. That way he could tell which way he needed to go, either the lap or

the regular surgery. I.e., he didn't have the exact plan until he viewed the

situtation inside. He said that sometimes he goes in there and things are too

inflamed looking around the GB to do the lap, so he has to do the old fashioned

surgery. In my case I thought that I couldn't have the lap, but when I woke

up, that's what I had. All my inflamation had cleared up and his view was

excellent!

Susie

[Guest guest]

No, my surgeon did not do the dye test on me. But I have to say he kept

expecting something to go wrong after the surgery. He kept checking the color in

my eyes and really seemed to be concerned about my liver enzymes.

Pearl