Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 My husband bob is 48, for the past 15 yrs he has numerous attacks of Pancreatitis then nothing for about 3 yrs and over the last 6 months he has had about 7 attacks. We have done the route of indegestion Ulcer. etc. After his last attack we saw a gastroenterloigist at Gloucester hospital and he did numerous tests and after a MRI scan came to the conclusion that he has a very large Cyst in the Pancreas. It is located in the centre, He also has had some blood results showing that there are cancerous cells present, but the specilist says nothing to worry about for another 6 -8 weeks when they will redo the tests.We are now seeing the Dr under Bupa as we found out we had employers cover. They have prescribed Creon 1000 which he takes about 5/6 with each meal and some morphine based pain killers, tramadol, which I did not think were morphine based?.these have kept the pain at a resonable level, and his Smelly floaty stools have now returned to normal. (sorry but you did ask). He is now very under weight and I think he looks like a walking skeleton. he has just had the past week off of his work due to a mild attack which we managed at home with pain killers and starvation. he refused to to go to the GP as all we get is hassle when he is admitted via the A/E route. The usual thing is well he needs to stop drinking! this really upsets him as he has never been a drinker. Sorry to go on but how can I help my husband, I hate to see him looking so ill and he has no energy and desperatly needs to put weight on. What do they do about cysts the only thing they have mentioned is a Nerve block. Hope this helps Jayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 Greetings from Sunny Southern California! Ours is to pray, yours is to love, and his is to hope evermore. Bob's affliction can agonize his body and perplex his thoughts. Please let our new friend know we will uphold him, his family, his friends, and his doctors in prayer. Chronic pain's effects ripple and echo in varying magnitudes and with sundry effects throughout each sufferer's financial, spiritual, familial, emotional, and occupational realms. Reading the treasured posts the dear folks in this group have posted will quickly lead you to know these facts are true. Karyn, Heidi, Andy, and so many others have knowledge and ideas you can faithfully draw upon that are leaps-and-bounds beyond my own. They, as we, are your family's friends. Welcome! Joyfully About My Father's Business, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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