As a retired med professional, I understand and thank you so very much. The internist I have now referred me to a gastroenterologist who did ultrasound of pancreas and gall bladder and his nurse called and said things looked fine..
I had presented to him with nausea and lack of appetite neither of which he even asked me about during visit but I asked nurse to at least ask him for blood or breath test for h.pylori and it has been a week with no answer..
I wrote about lumbar1 ablation and mentioned to nurse I wanted to rule out pain on left or right side of abdomen being related to celiac plexus..so no answer. I live in Phoenix and will ask pain dr to suggest a research team at a hospital.
It just seems I get no assistance from non pain community..
I worked with dr's who would have loved to have used me as a research subject but that was 25 years ago..I can't do anything without seeing primary care first...I want to get off opiates as I am 63 and a few yrs of lower opiates or anything would really help me.
Thank you again
Hi there!
The coeliac plexus is a complex plexus consisting of smaller ganglia including the gastric, superior and inferior mesentric, abdominal aortic and spleno-hepatic-pancreatic plexus (lineal plexus) and is related to the lower plexuses such as the renal-supra-renal, pelvic plexus and testicular/ ovarian plexus; joined by the splanchnic nerves. Though pain from the thoracic/ lumbar regions could be referred to the middle/ LUQ, it is always the more likely possibilities that would need to be considered in the situation such as GI related causes, chest wall inflammation, pain referred from other regions etc. I would suggest considering a detailed evaluation by an internist, preferably at a university/ teaching hospital and depending on the cause diagnosed/ suspected, it can be managed accordingly or specialist care may be sought.
Hope this is helpful.
Take care!