I think they believe me now!

July 27, 2002

Well, I ended up in the hospital again. It must be a Thursday thing! It was

last Thursday while I was in VA on a business trip that this all started back

up. This past Thursday I was hit the most horrendous episode I can remember.

My sis was at the house and I felt so bad for her to hae to see me that way.

She wanted so much to help with my pain but there was nothing she could do. I

had taken one lortab an hour before the episode hit. When it eased to the point

that I could move I took another lortab. An hour later the pain was getting

worse again. Called my family doc and he said I had to go to the ER. When they

did the blood work, my amylase was twice as high as in VA. Also my liver

enzymes were 10 times the normal limit (they were only about double in VA).

Don't know what the lipase was as they have to send it out. I just got home

from the hospital. I am better but still having pain and nausea. They sent me

home with plenty of meds, though. This episode was definitely worse than the

one a week ago and thankfully the labs substantiated that it was worse.

Family doc talked to GI (he's 100 miles away and we have no GIs at all in the

town I live in). GI told him to just get me stabilized, hydrated, and as pain

free as possible. GI said they will need to do another ERCP but he's not sure

how they'll do it on me becasue of the gastric bypass. I will see the GI on

Monday and we'll discuss the options. I feel sure the GI will not say I didn't

have acute panc. The question is has it turned to chronic panc.

I am blessed to have so many friends and family who care for me. However, while

in the hospital it seemed like a curse at times. The phone rang all day, every

day with people checking on me. They were keeping me so drugged that all I

really wanted to do was sleep and be left alone.

I told my husband there is no way I'm going to let them convince me that the

pain I have been having is not related to my panc. The pain is the same. The

difference is that sometimes it is more intense and lasts longer than others. I

thik it's just that sometimes even though the pain and nausea is there, it's not

quite bad enough (or maybe doesn't last long enough) to keep the levels elevated

so they can be found in the labs.

Well, I just took a mepergan fortis (demerol and phenergan) and it's now hitting

the brain.

Thanks to all for your concern and the information you have provided.

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