I haven't been around to read blogs or catch up on my own. I had another ERCP to put a stent in the pancreas duct. Ended with a three day hospital stay. I'm home now and recovering. Feeling 100% better than before I went in. Does anyone know anything about the workings of the pancreas? I'm still looking for answers and I think there are none. Dr. Groce doesn't know if this condition is genetic or caused by gall stones gone wild, scarring the pancreas duct. Scar tissue grows I assume and makes the opening more narrow. . Here I must say the doctor and his staff at O.S.U. have been terrific. (The pain not so much. The hospital stay not so much. But that's a story in itself.) The balloon he uses to open the duct helps and then he puts in a stent that comes out automatically in several days. Thank God. Don't want him to go back fishing for it!!! My daughter Susan and my sister have this problem as well. It seems there is no cure for it. There is one...
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