Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Hi folks I would appreciate some brainstorming. I just recently stopped Imuran and was weaning down my prednisone. At Thanksgiving I had a bad bout of COPD that sent me to the hospital for a week so my predisone was raised back up to 50 mg a day and I'm now back down to 20. Last week I started having abdominal pain that got progressively worse. It's very different from the COPD pain and in a different place. The pain is in the upper abdomin, mostly on the right (my COPD is on the left) and sometimes in the middle of my breast bone. It radiates to the back and once or twice I had pain in my left shoulder. It's not a constant pain and is usually triggered by movement, especially if I twist to the right. It's a very sharp pain that stop/s me dead in my tracks, and I have a very high tolerance for pain. I spent Tuesday in the ER and had a complete cardiac and liver work up. My LFT's were normal and no indication of pancreatitis from the labwork. The ER doctors were pretty much at loss (as most are with my case) but they thought it was pulmonary. Yesterday I saw my pulmonogist and my PCP and they are also leaning towards a G/I problem. I go for a CT scan tomorrow and then back to my hepatologist. Anyone have any ideas, comments, suggestions? I went through the archives on pancreatitis. I have no nausea or vomitting and as I said, the pain is severe but not constant so it doesn't sound like that. I would appreciate any feedback. Regards Elaine Long Island, NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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