celiac plexis block

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Yes, I agree also. I had several, several celiac plexis blocks done

way-back-in-the-day, sometime in 95. I also had the block done,

can't remember the name, where they try to " kill " the nerve with

alcohol, I think? The most relief I ever had was 2 weeks. The

doctor told me the nerve, somehow beyond his belief, grew back. Go

figure. So, I guess if they kill it or remove the nerve completely

it always comes back to haunt us! I did see Dr. , a very kind

surgeon at IU to have the nerve cut, where they go in threw my back,

colapse my lung & find the right nerve & cut it. My first question

was....what if you cut the wrong nerve? He didn't think I was very

funny, he is a very nice guy, I really liked him, but he didn't think

my humor was funny at all. Anyways, he gave me something like a 25%

chance that it would even work because all of the other blocks never

did much for me. So I politly thanked the nice doctor & came back

home to Ohio. Honestly, I did have the procedure scheduled twice,

but chickened out both times......25% wasn't enough for me. Thats my

story, and I'm sticking to it!

Hope everyone is doing as well as they can.

Lots of Hugs,

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I agree with you 100%. Each of our bodies are different and our

level of illness varys. I had this " block " performed around 15

years ago and got little to no relief. however I even went

on step further and have what was called a Thoracic Sympathectomy

where the nerve(s) associated with pancreatic pain was removed

completely. This afforded me relief for about 6 months until the

nerve(s) grew back! This was news to me as I had no idea that this

could happen and my doctor at the time didn't warn me of this

potential eventuality. I do hope whatever you chose to do works

better for you than it did for me.

Andre'

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I am a newbie here and I have a question. I have had 2 celiac

plexis blocks in the past with poor results. Most frightening was

approx 10 days after the first one I developed a telescoping of my

small intestine with resulting obstruction and surgery to correct.

After the second block I got a partial obstruction in the same area

of the small bowel which resolved on its own. My past surgery for

chronic pancreatitis is a subtotal pancreatectomy with roux-n-y

jejunectomy. Basically I just have a tiny piece of pancreas

remaining which is attached to my small intestine. Now at my last

appointment with the pain doc, it was suggested to try another

block. My pain doc does not believe the block caused the

obstruction. My GI doc is unsure, and doesn't want to take any

chances. I certainly don't want to end up in the hospital after a

third block with another obstruction. Has this happened to anyone

else? What is the likelyhood of the block causing this? Any info

would be greatly appreciated. Satch