RE: Has anyone looked at their ERCP xrays??

[Guest guest]

Andi, I did see my first ERCP xray (last year). The common bile duct was

extremely narrow, beaded and kinked. My common bile duct was dilated in

April at Mayo Clinic. It was not possible to do it at the hospital I was

admitted to last year. There were no obvious strictures above the

right/left hepatic branch (stricture limited to common bile duct). I did

not see that x-ray. I have had no symptoms since the dilatation (LFTs

normal).

Arne

50 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and (mostly) well in Minnesota

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From: bluupoint@...

Has anyone looked at their ERCP xrays?. ... Have any of you had a high

grade stricture dilated??. Is this possible?. Hey...whatever they can

do to slow the cirrhosis down is fine with me(other than stenting).

Andi

[Guest guest]

Andi,

I saw my ERCP X-ray as well. The blunting within the

liver was visible (all the really little ducts are

just GONE) and I have a nasty dominant stricture about

2/3 of the way down the CBD. I think I need to get

mine " stretched " a bit -- depending upon my diet, I

get gall bladder-like symptoms -- and I haven't had a

gall bladder in YEARS!

IT is a scary sight, that I do recall -- caught me

off-guard and was a little shaken by the sight.

Colleen

--- Arne wrote:

> Andi, I did see my first ERCP xray (last year). The

> common bile duct was extremely narrow, beaded and

kinked. > 50 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

> Alive and (mostly) well in Minnesota

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[Guest guest]

I've never looked at my ERCP xrays, but I have looked

at my colon pictures. I even saved them from a few

years ago. Then, when I had it removed, I kept it as

a souvenier of what I lost. (sick, well, maybe, but,

when I look at the picture, I am reminded of just how

bad my colon was and it renews my commitment to making

my jpouch work.

I sent a copy of the pic to Colleen since she

mentioned that it might show up on a the side of a

milk carton. (my warped sense of humor jumped on that one!)

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in Michigan (Dx UC 1984, Dx MISSING COLON 1999, Dx PSC 1997, PSC symptoms

2000)