Paso Support meeting Report

August 21, 2010

Jo Diniz August 18, 2010

Paso Support Meeting

Dr. K said... " if the biles digest protein, and your body is made up of

Protein...why doesn't it digest itself? " Guess what...it does! It is called

Pancreatitis. Which Pancreatitis basically means inflammation of the pancreas.

What is happening during this inflammation is the pancreatic biles are digesting

the pancreas. ouch!

The causes can be Alcohol and gallstones or UNKNOWN...most causes are unknown.

From there. But another reason not to be a " drinker " as that is something we can

control. From there he went on to the function of the pancreas parts and about

Transplants and such. It was asked " how do you know if you have pancreatitis "

The answer " oh you will know because you will be sick and HURT " .

(for a good overview of the pancreas you can go to

There was also a short discussion on as a DSer would we be canadates to be a

" living " kidney or pancreas donor. Dr. K said being as far out as I was and

healthy there was no RULES against it...but he doubted any doctor would do

it...he said he wouldn't.

The different types of Diabeties I & II were discussed.

Type I is from the body not making insulin. (and surgery does nothing to correct

this type)

Type II...the body makes enough insulin but is resistant in USING it. This type

of Diabeties the DS has a very high rate of curing.

We had a guest who was Looking into the surgeries and didn't know the difference

between them. So most of the meeting was on the different types of surgery. Dr.

K actually wrote on the board that the Gastric Bypass " sucks " Then said

something along the line of " is there any doubt how I feel about the Gastric

Bypass? But then I wouldn't trust anyone who wears a bowtie! " ...lol

Dr. K talked about the importance of doing the yearly follow ups and going to

meetings. He also said that he isn't recommending the same things he used to

because new information is always coming out. So keeping in touch is important.

He also talked briefly on recently going thru the Center Of Excellence review.

He said they come in and randomly pull charts. They are looking for things like

patient followup...and if the patients are BETTER or WORSE off after surgery. If

a patient has lost weight, no longer has high blood pressure, diabeties and high

cholestrol...but they are now Vitamin Deficient...medically they are still

" better " off as they have less conditions and are treatable.

That's all I'm remembering for now.

Hugs

Jo

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