ERCP Monday

Discussion Board › Forums › General Discussion › ERCP Monday

Viewing 15 posts - 16 through 30 (of 31 total)
1 2 3
  • Author
    Posts
  • January 12, 2010 at 6:43 pm #34325
    gavin
    Moderator

    Hi Lisa,

    Thanks for the great news and I am glad that things went smoothly for you. I hope you make a rapid recovery and take it very easy right now.

    Best wishes

    Gavin

    January 12, 2010 at 5:03 pm #34324
    darla
    Spectator

    Lisa,

    I’m glad things went smoothly. You take it easy as long as you need to.

    Darla

    January 12, 2010 at 4:59 pm #34323
    lainy
    Spectator

    Lisa that is great news, about the stent not the bloat. You should have tied a string on then you could have floated over to see us. All kidding aside, its these little miracles we look for. Great news!

    January 12, 2010 at 4:28 pm #34322
    lisa
    Spectator

    The ERCP went well. The were able to put the metal stent in, so I should be good to go for another 6 months to a year. The downside is that I’m really very sore today. For the procedure, they pump a lot of air into you and blow you up like a balloon. So I feel very deflated :)

    Taking some painkillers and taking it easy today.

    January 12, 2010 at 3:05 am #34321
    marions
    Moderator

    Kris…..my husband also had a metal stent. There are special MRI’s which will accommodate this.
    Best,
    Marion

    January 12, 2010 at 1:18 am #34320
    devoncat
    Spectator

    Lisa,
    Sending good thoughts. Let us know how it goes.

    Does anyone know if you can still have MRIs after you have metal stents put in?

    Take care.
    Kris

    January 11, 2010 at 2:40 pm #34319
    darla
    Spectator

    Lisa,

    I am adding be best wishes for you today. Good Luck! I will be thinking of you, too.

    Darla

    January 11, 2010 at 11:41 am #34318
    ashley
    Spectator

    Lisa,
    Best of luck today on your procedure – Iwill be thinking of you!
    ashley

    January 11, 2010 at 7:34 am #34317
    rowena32
    Member

    Lisa, you will be in my prayers tonight. It’s not easy to go through this, but you are strong. Keep up the faith and let us know how it goes.
    Rowena

    January 11, 2010 at 4:12 am #34316
    marions
    Moderator

    Lisa…count me in also. I will be thinking of you and am crossing my fingers that everything will go exceptionally well.
    Best wishes,
    Marion

    January 11, 2010 at 2:21 am #34315
    lainy
    Spectator

    Lisa, lots of good luck for tomorrow. Good thoughts coming your way and lots of hygs!

    January 10, 2010 at 11:00 pm #34314
    lisa
    Spectator

    Hi rowena,
    I have a port because my veins are terrible.
    The chemo I’m on now is Epirubicin, cisplatin, and 5-FU.
    Very yucky stuff.

    January 10, 2010 at 10:37 pm #34313
    rowena32
    Member

    Hi, Lisa,
    I wish you the best with your scan. I agreed that chemo is no picnic. What have they been giving you? I was taking genzar for 6 weeks, once a week.
    But I must say the worst part was for them to find a vien. Do you have a port? My scan showed that the chemo and radiation made no difference in the size of the cancer. I have been off of it for two months but will be going back on some kind of chemo at the end of this month. I am hoping to see another doctor for a second opinion before I start chemo, again. I wonder why they did not put in a metal stent for you as they last longer.
    Best wishes

    January 9, 2010 at 5:55 pm #34312
    gavin
    Moderator

    Hi Lisa,

    I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you and I hope it all goes well and I hope also that you get some very good news indeed from your CT scan results.

    My best wishes to you.

    Gavin

    January 9, 2010 at 8:50 am #34311
    rowena32
    Member

    Hi, Lisa,
    I, also, have a stent but my stent is suppose to last longer than three months. I have what they call a mesh wall stent. I was told it could be replaced by putting another one inside of it. I did not know there were different kinds of stents.
    What kind of chemo are you taking? I finished 6 weeks of chemo (genzar) and radiation the last of November. My CT scan showed no change in the size of the tumors in the bile ducts. I’m to go back on the 18th and start another set of chemo. I am hoping to find another doctor before then. One that has treated bile duct cancer before. If anyone knows a doctor in California with experience in bile duct cancer, I would appreciate you telling me.
    Lisa, I will pray for you that your stent replacement goes well and that the chemo will show some shrinkage. Let me know how it goes.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 15 posts - 16 through 30 (of 31 total)
1 2 3
  • The forum ‘General Discussion’ is closed to new topics and replies.