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- Finally, got on /into this website with "upgrades". I can't navigate a list of posts, go back to key sorting so by keywords ( pain mess, SOD etc. topics.) is this the new blog, just a simple list and then the last comment posted?i hope not. The...
- I just read an article on Valium/Diazapam study and pancreatitis. It was on induced pancreatitis in rats and the results were...to paraphrase...That the Valium, given to some of the rats before they induced the pancreatitis, on examination...
- I wanted to bring this up again. It has been awhile since I have seen herbs and supplements discussed.Is anyone taking "Alma" or Triphala ( has Alma in it)? I was looking for things that might help the other day and ran across some recent research...
- I have acute on recurrent heading toward chronic pancreatitis. Last EUS finally showed "stranding" and " multiple micro calcification so". Th e doctor said " I have seen worse but I have seen better." So... Last time I was in hospital was after...
- I am pretty likely SOD pancreatitis, though mechanism is not identified. Fat food, and sometimes just food sets me off. Right sided pain...and beyond at times over the past 10 years (at least).I am writing to celebrate (knock on wood). In writing my...
- I now have a letter that I got from my primary care doctor that I carry with me in case I have to go to an ER. It says that I have idiopathic pancreatitis and that I am an intelligent human being who knows what she is saying and to please listen to...
- Anyone of you experimental rats using Curcumin - turmeric on a regular basis to decrease severity of acute on chronic pancreatitis ? I have been fortunate thus far with never having a complication of cyst or necrosis with my attacks...just lots and...
- I have been trying a microwave gel heating pad (10x20 inches) across my midback and sometimes across my upper belly really helpful in some ways for the pain of a bad attack. I also have found a spot that cramps up in the right back muscle (over the...
- My GI doctor prescribed a PPI (proton pump Inhibitor- Prilosec etc.) with my Zenpep (coated delayed release enzymes). When I read up on the Zenpep it said that you don't need to take a PPI with them now that they have the coated ones. I didn't want...
- Can someone tell me about the pic line and how that would work for saline/ lactose ringer i.e. fluids.....I had a spell that lasted about two months that I think I could have used one if I could do it at home and avoid hospital. Could I work with...
- Greetings my fellow Understanders,Well...16 months between this and last hospital stay. I live in a small rural community near a metro area. I am using the local hospital. Last time I was a walk-in in ER I had to wait over an hour in misery. When I...
- OK... How about this one. When I am in pain (Right side upper abdomen, going through to the back- dull-sickening at times) IF I can get my husband (or any stranger on the street) to push into pressure points on muscles in my back near the same area,...
- Hello fellow sages of pain and digestion,I need some info. How do you use your enzymes? Do you take a PPI? an antacid?both? How do you take them?I dont want to take anything I dont have to take til I hafta! Who gives you guidance on such things? My...
- I have a still very intact pancreas. I have had pancreatitis officially (with blood tests and "pics") about 6 times and many more "riding it out" episodes on that. I have dx. of Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) (spastic pancreatic opening) and...