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what is the Beger procedure? and a splanchicectomy?
thanks,
Nancy F, SoCal

I would consider my 4th a total wash out and the only reason I dont
is because of the reason behind July 4th. Glad I live in a country
where I can choose what I do on my country's birthday, instead of having
some dictator telling me what to do. I could have been like many of
our brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers and been in
Iraq making sure there are more days like the 4th to come along. I
could have been laying in a hospital not feeling good and eating some
hospitals version of BBQ...(that would have been more torture I think)
So if your like me and think you had a lousy holiday, think again,
I did and being caught up in a hours worth of traffic to see about 10
minutes of fireworks then to be caught in another hour and a half
trying to get ouf of the traffic and get home. I considered my
options of what I could have been doing on the 4th and thought, yeah it
was a good 4th after all.......
Donna
NY

Hi everyone! My name is Karen Craven and I am a (sort of) new member.
I haven't posted in a looooong time. I have had pancreatitis for
nearly 25 years, since I was 16 years old; mine is due to hereditary
reasons. I have been chronic for about 7 years now. Both of my
children (ages 7 and 11) also suffer from HP, the 7 year old more than
the 11 year old.
I was wondering if anyone in this group has ever had a Beger procedure,
and if so were the results worthwhile? I am scheduled to have this
done on July 26 at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas and was just wondering
what to expect. Previously I had a thoracoscopic splanchicectomy at
the University of Cincinnati in 2001. Both times my doctor was Dr.
Charles Ulrich, who has been involved in a lot of research on HP.
Hope everyone is doing well; looking forward to getting to know
everyone!
Karen Craven
Amarillo, TX

Dear Group could you send me an e-mail reminding me of the date, time,
and how to get into your chatroom the day the attorney will be there.
Thank You,
Janet

Subject: Southerners
Gabriel came to the Lord and said "I have to talk to you. We have
some Southerners up here who are causing problems. They're swinging
on the pearly gates, my horn is missing, barbecue sauce is all over
their robes, their dogs are riding in the chariots, and they're
wearing baseball caps and cowboy hats instead of their Halos. They
refuse to keep the stairway to heaven clean. There are watermelon
seeds and pig feet bones all over the place. Some of them are
walking around with just one wing". The Lord said, "Southerners are
southerners, Gabriel. Heaven is Home to all my children. If you
want to know about real problems, call the devil."
The devil answered the phone "Hello? Hold on a minute." The devil
returned to the phone, "O.K. I'm back. What can I do for you?"
Gabriel replied, "I just want to know what kind of problems your
having down there." The devil said, "Hold on again, I need to check
on something." After about 5 minutes the Devil returned to the phone
and said, "I'm back. Now what was the question?" Gabriel
said, "What kind of problems are you having down there?" The devil
said, "Man I dont believe this...Hold on." This time the devil was
gone for 15 minutes. The devil returned and said "I'm sorry,
Gabriel, I cant talk right now. Those Southerners have put the fire
out and are trying to install air conditioning."

Reminder Reminder from the Calendar of ThePancreatitisPlace
Hosted Chat - ReeAnn & Gary
Sunday July 3, 2005
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
This event repeats every week.
Event Location: AOL's TPP Chat room
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You know I'm glad Brian Mulroney is recovering. I saw the man in
person once; he was big a healthy looking. During the late 80s, when
Mulrouney's popularity was at 17% there was a joke that also 17% of
Canadians believed Elvis was still alive. The joke was that they had
to be the same 17%! I really hope he recovers fully.
Didn't John Ascroft have pancreatitis? How is he doing?
JF
www.garbageprophecy.org

Hi Terry,
Was reading your post to Bob and I was not surprise
to hear how hard and dedicated you where at you job.
In many ways you and I have traversal the same path.
Even thou we live a half a county apart and our lives
are so different we are so much alike.
You have beaten Cancer and still got a lot of fight
in you. I leaned your store long before I met you
on the net. Terry my friend, you will always be the
man in my book. You have had such a positive influence
on so so many people you will never meet or even get
to know. Just so you know "You Will Always Be The Man".
Take care my friend and hope you have a good 4th and
remember Terry, Keep the Faith there always hope.
God Bless.
With warmest regards and God Bless!
Sincerely,
Gary - Virginia
Phone 434-490-7191
TPP Customer Service Manager
Garymorrisuva@...
http://www.thepancreatitisplace.org/

Hi Donna,
Thanks a lot for the information. That was very kind of
you to take the time to look that up for me. I have got
so much to learn about this and thanks to everyone I'm off
to a great start. When I started testing my sugar I was
getting reading in the 165 to 188 and now after making
some changes I'm getting reading as low as 126 to 92.7.
I still got a long ways to go but with all the support
I have gotten here I just know I going to make it.
Thanks, bunches and have a great 4th
Donna, possibly you will gain some weight do to the
enzymes. When you taking enzymes you will be getting
more nutrients out of the food you eat. Hopefully this
will be go good thing and you will become more active
and not gain any weight. Take care and enjoy the 4th
With warmest regards and God Bless!
Sincerely,
Gary - Virginia
Phone 434-490-7191
TPP Customer Service Manager
Garymorrisuva@...
http://www.thepancreatitisplace.org/

I will be putting some polls out today. Last
night while researching a post I am working on I
saw something very interesting. Seems their a
connection with people with fair skinned and
gallstones. I have notices there's a lot of our
members who are redheads here in our group, so
is their a connection between hair color and
pancreatitis?
This poll is just for people who suffer with
pancreatitis and their will be one for men and
women. Please list your natural hair color.
Here are your choices so go to the poll and
cast your vote
Black
Brunette
Red
Blond
These polls will be confidently and no one will
know who or how you voted. I hope you take the
time to vote.
With Warmest Regards & God Bless
Sincerely
Gary - Virginia
Customer Service Manager
garyattpp@...
Garymorrisuva@...
Phone 434-490-7191
gary@...
http://www.thepancreatitisplace.org/