Hi Pat's Mom:
How is your son doing? Any progress on the insurance improval, a course of treatment or his symptoms? How are you managing? It must be so difficult for you to be watching this happen and being helpless to do anything about it.
Hang in there!
All the best,
Sam
Hello,
I just found out today that I have Gallstones, OMG. I can answer some questions for you, and or list my symptom for you tomorrow. I am so tired and am going to bed. I will send you a message tomorrow. Have you been to the Doctors yet ?
God Bless,
Shauna
Hi there:
I'm so sorry to hear that your son is in pain. There are few things worse than watching a loved one suffer. Do you have the option of taking him to the hospital? Unfortunately, I agree with Crambone. There are risks. Be especially wary of infection by keeping an eye out for fever. Anything over 101 and he should go to the hospital. Do the attacks come and go, so he has several weeks at a time without pain? Or has he been in pain constantly? The pancreas is a very unforgiving organ.
I'm going to put some links at the end of this post, hopefully you can do some research and educate yourself about his condition.
God bless and good luck!
Sam
Digestion and GI Health – Your Gallbladder – http://www.womentowomen.com/digestionandgihealth/gallbladderhealth.aspx
Cholecystitis – http://gastroresource.com/GITextbook/en/chapter13/13-2-pr.htm
Gallstone Removal – http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Fi-La/Gallstone-Removal.html
Management of Common Bile Duct Calculi – http://www.surgeons.org/Content/NavigationMenu/WhoWeAre/Regions/QLD/080506_CWon.pdf
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) – http://www.sages.org/sagespublication.php?doc=PI11
Functional Gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi Disorders – http://www.romecriteria.org/pdfs/p1498FuncGallbladderandSOD.pdf
MERCK – Gallstones – http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch140/ch140b.html
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease – http://adam.about.com/reports/Gallstones-and-gallbladder-disease.htm#adamHeading_4
GALLSTONES (Cholelithiasis) – http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b1.illness/b1.1.illnesses/GALLSTONES%20(CHOLELITHIASIS).htm
Cedars-Sinai – Gallstones – http://www.csmc.edu/5344.html
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) – Gallstones – http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/index.htm
Gallbladder Attack – http://www.gallbladderattack.com/gallbladdersurgery.shtml
Pathology Outlines – Gallbladder – http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/gallbladderpf.html
Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts – http://rezidentiat.3x.ro/eng/litbiliaraeng.htm
putting this off,if it is gallbladder issues,can lead to pancreas issues,and thats FAR WORSE issues!!!,,dont delay.