angela43115

When I start having these pains,my docs won't do anything until they see something in my blood work (high liver enzymes) Also, my urine turns really dark which indicates a blockage. I have had times where I have the back pain and just have to wait until either it goes away or it progresses to the point of elevating my liver enzymes. When my blood work spikes and my urine turns dark usually within hours I run a very high fever. My docs have performed an ERCP to "push" the stone/sludge through my bile duct. I've had to have approx. 4 ERCPs done since 2000. All the docs I've seen for this always say that reoccurance of this is not common but not unheard of. No one can tell me why this continues to happen to me. Knock on wood I haven't had any problems for almost a year. Even though the docs told me that weight didn't have anything to do with it, I'm hoping that since I've had the surgery and have lost a lil bit of weight, I won't have it happen again! :puke:

Hi, I had my gallballder removed in 2000. Almost a year later developed pancreintitus (sp?) due to either a stone being left when gallbladder was removed or another one formed (unsure of which) It was HORRIBLY painful!!! The pain you described is exactly what I had. Unfortunatly, I have had to be hospitalized 3 more times since then due to having stones in my bile duct. Fortunatly I have not developed panc. again. I was banded in Oct 07. I didn't want the bypass and it was a good thing because my surgeon didn't recommend it in the chance that I formed another stone (he said with the bypass they wouldn't be able to perform the procedure I have to have done to remove the stones) Occasionally I have bouts of the same pain but thankfully they go away. I've done alot of research and found thru that research and thru discussions with different docs that some people who have a history of stones can also have "sludge".. meaning that you may have a blockage that can cause the same pain as a stone but it eventually passes. Angela

Hi, Does anyone know of a support group that meets in or around Chillicothe? Thanks! Angela