Re: gallbladder / stone issues

[Guest guest]

Hello Kiwi...

If your amylase and lipase are high then you probably have

pancreatitis. Are you having much stomach pain? When I had it several

years ago the pain was unbearable. If you pancreatic enzymes are still

high contact a gastroenterologist, GI specialist to handle it.

Happy Birthday a bit early!

Debbie L

-- In , " kiwimangodiva " <latreasewright@...>

wrote:

>

> i have fibro.. ra .... tmj...mild degenerative spondylosis... and

they

> think possible lupus.. lol alot huh.. well back in feb of this year i

> had to have gallbladder surgery...they told me they took it out.. lol

> i was asleep so i really dont know lol.. but i was in er the other

> morning and i was told my pancreatic enzymes were extremely high..

and

> i should contact my surgeon.. cause i may need another surgey... does

> anyone else have this many issues.. by the way im 30 wil be 31 this

> fri.. and im a mom of 2...

>

[Guest guest]

Kiwi,

Debbie is right. I too had pancreatitis. Was in the hospital from

June 24th - 29th. The Dr had me taking half again as much

morphine as a post-op patient due to excruciating pain. As

Debbie said the pain was unbearable. Get to a Dr as soon as you

can. After getting out of the hospital my pancreatic enzymes

were still almost twice as high as it was suppose to be and my

family Dr put me on a clear liquid diet for two weeks which

brought the enzymes back to normal. Take care of yourself.

Joyce from Texas

[ ] Re: gallbladder / stone issues

Hello Kiwi...

If your amylase and lipase are high then you probably have

pancreatitis. Are you having much stomach pain? When I had it several

years ago the pain was unbearable. If you pancreatic enzymes are still

high contact a gastroenterologist, GI specialist to handle it.

Happy Birthday a bit early!

Debbie L

[Guest guest]

Hi Joyce,

My pancreatitis hit while I was working one weekend at Seton in

Austin. I went to the ER twice and told to take Mylanta. I took it

every 2-3 hrs. No one checked my amylase or lipase. Finally Sun

night, I couldn't take the pain anymore. I couldn't sit, only stand

and stretch to raise my ribs up. My husband took me to the ER, in

the am they paged my GI doc who ordered the lipase. It was very

high. I was kept in the hospital for 24hr and sent home on clear

liquids for 2 weeks. Now if I have similar pain he always checks my

lipase. That happened in 1991 and I still remmeber the pain.

Debbie L

--- In , " J. L. McCrary " <j.mccrary@...>

wrote:

>

> Kiwi,

>

> Debbie is right. I too had pancreatitis. Was in the hospital from

> June 24th - 29th. The Dr had me taking half again as much

> morphine as a post-op patient due to excruciating pain. As

> Debbie said the pain was unbearable. Get to a Dr as soon as you

> can. After getting out of the hospital my pancreatic enzymes

> were still almost twice as high as it was suppose to be and my

> family Dr put me on a clear liquid diet for two weeks which

> brought the enzymes back to normal. Take care of yourself.

>

> Joyce from Texas

>

> [ ] Re: gallbladder / stone issues

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbie,

If you're like me, you don't want it again. Mild pain hit me at 3am the

22nd of June and

gradually got worse. I waited until the 24th about 10:30am before calling

my

son and my D-I-L took me to ER. They ran a blood test and did a scan then

admitted me in the hospital. The nurse said they were giving me a bag of

antibiotics

every six hours and I counted 11 bags. There could have been more while I

was

asleep, I'm not sure about that. They were pushing pottassium also. It

stayed

below normal for some reason. Every time the lab tech came in to draw

blood,

they'd come back a little later with a bag of pottassium. After getting

back home

I was still having a reaction from the morphine and my family Dr ran a blood

test

which showed the lipase was almost twice as high as it was suppose to be

and that

is when he put me on the liquid diet for two weeks. The surgeon that was

taking

care of me ran two more scans, two upper GIs , and a sonogram trying to find

out

what caused me to have pancreatitis. While I was in the hospital they did

an MRI

and found that I have a large duedenal diverticulum. It's not hard for me

to have

an upset stomach. I didn't realize I was in serious condition until it was

all over

with.

Joyce from Texas

[ ] Re: gallbladder / stone issues

Hi Joyce,

My pancreatitis hit while I was working one weekend at Seton in

Austin. I went to the ER twice and told to take Mylanta. I took it

every 2-3 hrs. No one checked my amylase or lipase. Finally Sun

night, I couldn't take the pain anymore. I couldn't sit, only stand

and stretch to raise my ribs up. My husband took me to the ER, in

the am they paged my GI doc who ordered the lipase. It was very

high. I was kept in the hospital for 24hr and sent home on clear

liquids for 2 weeks. Now if I have similar pain he always checks my

lipase. That happened in 1991 and I still remmeber the pain.

Debbie L

[Guest guest]

thank you guys so very much .. for all of your advice and

responses.. i appreciate it so much.. and thanks for the birthday

wishes as well. i have an appt. with my rheumatologist on thurs..

and the appt. with the surgeon on next thursday .. since my appt

with my rheumatologist was alreay prescheduled..lol my roomie has sle

and she is covered in spots .. she says hi to everyone.. and thanks

again.. kisses and hugs to all..xxxxx oooo

> >

> > Kiwi,

> >

> > Debbie is right. I too had pancreatitis. Was in the hospital

from

> > June 24th - 29th. The Dr had me taking half again as much

> > morphine as a post-op patient due to excruciating pain. As

> > Debbie said the pain was unbearable. Get to a Dr as soon as you

> > can. After getting out of the hospital my pancreatic enzymes

> > were still almost twice as high as it was suppose to be and my

> > family Dr put me on a clear liquid diet for two weeks which

> > brought the enzymes back to normal. Take care of yourself.

> >

> > Joyce from Texas

> >

> > [ ] Re: gallbladder / stone issues

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for telling my your story Joyce.

You had it much worse than I did then. Glad you made it through all

of that. I don't think I was given antibiotics while in the

hospital. Just IV fluid. My GI don't did 2 different upper

endoscopies on me, too. Plus a CT scan.Two years after my

pancreatitis attack, I had my gall bladder removed. He said that

probably contributed to it.

Debbie L

--- In , " J. L. McCrary " <j.mccrary@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Debbie,

> If you're like me, you don't want it again. Mild pain hit me at

3am the

> 22nd of June and

> gradually got worse. I waited until the 24th about 10:30am before

calling

> my

> son and my D-I-L took me to ER. They ran a blood test and did a

scan then

> admitted me in the hospital. The nurse said they were giving me a

bag of

> antibiotics

> every six hours and I counted 11 bags. There could have been

more while I

> was

> asleep, I'm not sure about that. They were pushing pottassium

also. It

> stayed

> below normal for some reason. Every time the lab tech came in to

draw

> blood,

> they'd come back a little later with a bag of pottassium. After

getting

> back home

> I was still having a reaction from the morphine and my family Dr

ran a blood

> test

> which showed the lipase was almost twice as high as it was

suppose to be

> and that

> is when he put me on the liquid diet for two weeks. The surgeon

that was

> taking

> care of me ran two more scans, two upper GIs , and a sonogram

trying to find

> out

> what caused me to have pancreatitis. While I was in the hospital

they did

> an MRI

> and found that I have a large duedenal diverticulum. It's not

hard for me

> to have

> an upset stomach. I didn't realize I was in serious condition

until it was

> all over

> with.

>

> Joyce from Texas

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm doing just fine right now. I'm fixing to go to my Dr so he can

check my left foot and leg. There is a lot of swelling in it. Years

ago I had a blood clot in the left leg.

Joyce from Texas

[ ] Re: gallbladder / stone issues

Thanks for telling my your story Joyce.

You had it much worse than I did then. Glad you made it through all

of that. I don't think I was given antibiotics while in the

hospital. Just IV fluid. My GI don't did 2 different upper

endoscopies on me, too. Plus a CT scan.Two years after my

pancreatitis attack, I had my gall bladder removed. He said that

probably contributed to it.

Debbie L

--- In , " J. L. McCrary " <j.mccrary@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Debbie,

> If you're like me, you don't want it again. Mild pain hit me at

3am the

> 22nd of June and

> gradually got worse. I waited until the 24th about 10:30am before

calling

> my

> son and my D-I-L took me to ER. They ran a blood test and did a

scan then

> admitted me in the hospital. The nurse said they were giving me a

bag of

> antibiotics

> every six hours and I counted 11 bags. There could have been

more while I

> was

> asleep, I'm not sure about that. They were pushing pottassium

also. It

> stayed

> below normal for some reason. Every time the lab tech came in to

draw

> blood,

> they'd come back a little later with a bag of pottassium. After

getting

> back home

> I was still having a reaction from the morphine and my family Dr

ran a blood

> test

> which showed the lipase was almost twice as high as it was

suppose to be

> and that

> is when he put me on the liquid diet for two weeks. The surgeon

that was

> taking

> care of me ran two more scans, two upper GIs , and a sonogram

trying to find

> out

> what caused me to have pancreatitis. While I was in the hospital

they did

> an MRI

> and found that I have a large duedenal diverticulum. It's not

hard for me

> to have

> an upset stomach. I didn't realize I was in serious condition

until it was

> all over

> with.

>

> Joyce from Texas

[Guest guest]

Hi Kiwi,

4 years ago I had a severe stomach ache that I thought was just gas, or that

I was going to be getting diahrea. But, the pain didn't go away and I couldn't

stand anything touching my stomach or back. My grown daurghter found me

stripped naked in bed just buckled over in pain. She rushed me to the

emergency room and they took me in as a true emergency. Didn't have to wait

hours. I don't know that I had hours to wait. They ran tests and took an

ultrasound and told me that I was having an acute pancreatic attach and that I

had to be hospitalized. THe doctor told me that he had never seen the amalase

and lipaise readings this hign on a living person. That really scared me.

They had to put an NG tube down my nose and into my stomach and drain it for 4

days (not allowed to eat anything) before they could even operate on me because

I was in such bad shape. Once the readings went down, I was sent to surgery

and had my gallbladdar removed due to a blockage

and have been ok since. I remember this so clearly because this was a Monday,

I went to occupational therapy that morning for my wrist that had been operated

on a few weeks earlier and my daughter was getting married that Saturday. I

was released the morning of my daughter's wedding and just made it on time. As

it turns out, now just being diagnosed with RA only a few weeks ago, my rhummy

thinks that my conditions are all related. I had the gallbladdar issue, I have

thyroid dysfunction, had fatty tumors removed from my thyroid areas, thank God

they were benign and I have had to have bones removed from my wrist because

they lost blood supply and died. I sure do wish I knew then what I know now,

because things are falling into place and I'm finally getting answers to why I

have so many joint pains and bone death in my wrist. It all starte 7 years

ago, and no one knew to check for any systemic reasons for my ills.

Well, I didn't intend to make this into a novel. I hope you feel better

soon, and do get in to a gastrointerologist doctor soon and get it checked out.

I've heard you can have chronic cases of pancreatitis. Mine was acute, and no

problems since.

Wish you all the best,

Les

deebs87 <dlohf@...> wrote:

Hello Kiwi...

If your amylase and lipase are high then you probably have

pancreatitis. Are you having much stomach pain? When I had it several

years ago the pain was unbearable. If you pancreatic enzymes are still

high contact a gastroenterologist, GI specialist to handle it.

Happy Birthday a bit early!

Debbie L

-- In , " kiwimangodiva " <latreasewright@...>

wrote:

>

> i have fibro.. ra .... tmj...mild degenerative spondylosis... and

they

> think possible lupus.. lol alot huh.. well back in feb of this year i

> had to have gallbladder surgery...they told me they took it out.. lol

> i was asleep so i really dont know lol.. but i was in er the other

> morning and i was told my pancreatic enzymes were extremely high..

and

> i should contact my surgeon.. cause i may need another surgey... does

> anyone else have this many issues.. by the way im 30 wil be 31 this

> fri.. and im a mom of 2...

>

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