Re: home from the hospital--to Crystal

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Hi Crystal!

So glad that you're home!

The ^wbc & liver enz. makes sense to me know. The ^ wbc & liver enz.

are often the case with me too, with the Panc. enz. being normal now

7 yrs into this dreaded disease.

Feel better, get strong and hope the rest of the weekend is pain-free

& pleasant!

Cyndie :-)

In pancreatitis@y..., crystal golightly wrote:

> and Cyndie,

>

> I just came home from the hospital today. I have been

> there since Sunday. My amylase and lipase were normal

> the whole time, but my liver enzymes along with my WBC

> were elevated until yesterday when I finallly started

> to feel better and not retch or double up in pain. My

> doctor who I trust more than any other doctor said the

> liver enzymes are high from the pancreas being

> inflammed. When I first had attacks my liver enzymes

> would elevate with my amy/lip. In the last year I

> have not had my panc. enzymes up, but my liver ones

> have been elevated everytime I have been in the

> hopsital.

>

> Crystal Galloway

> --- ckush46 wrote:

> > Hi ,

> > Welcome home! This is new member Cyndie from

> > Indiana.

> > I wanted to say something in regard to elevated

> > liver enzymes. More

> > often than not, my Amylase is only slightly elevated

> > or sometimes

> > even normal, but my liver enzymes are always

> > sky-high! My GI said

> > that was because of the close proximity of the liver

> > & pancreas and

> > the adjoining bile ducts and that it was " normal "

> > for the liver

> > enzymes to be effected also. Last month my PCP did

> > some routine

> > blood work on me and noted that the liver enz. were

> > high and just

> > asked if I had just gotten over an acute attack w/

> > Mr. P and I told

> > him yes that I had 2 weeks before.

> > Then at other times when I've not had a recent

> > attack my liver enz.

> > will be normal.

> > So, I don't know what to think now. Maybe I SHOULD

> > be concerned about

> > my liver, huh?

> > Anybody???

> > Take care and best of luck & God's Blessings

> > with the

> > procedure/surgery next month.

> > Cyndie :-)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > In pancreatitis@y..., " Weston "

> > wrote:

> > > Well, I am home once again. I thought when I went

> > to the hospital

> > that the surgeon was going to go ahead and do a

> > laporotomy to look at

> > the pancreas and also do a liver biopsy. After he

> > admitted me, he

> > decided he wasn't sure if that's what they should

> > do. When I got to

> > the hospital on Wed. evening, my amylase and lipase

> > were normal.

> > However, my liver enzymes were higher than they had

> > been the day

> > before. The liver enzymes more than doubled from

> > Wednesday night to

> > Thursday morning, but then this morning they were

> > starting to go back

> > down.

> > >

> > > My surgeon talked at length with my GI and a

> > couple of GIs at his

> > hospital. The GIs at my surgeons hospital said I

> > was much too

> > complex a case for them to feel comfortable with,

> > They both said

> > they send their difficult cases to Dr. Sigman, who

> > is my GI. So, my

> > surgeon said I am probably with the best GI (for

> > panc stuff) in the

> > area. Anyway, they have now decided that the

> > sphincter of oddi has

> > to be causing my problems. The surgeon said there

> > is no way that

> > adhesions would cause the liver and pancreas enzymes

> > to be elevated.

> > The surgeon explained that the sphincter of oddi is

> > not functioning

> > properly at times. He said this is the cause of the

> > pain and

> > nausea. He said at times it's functioning so poorly

> > that it is

> > irritating the pancreas and causing the enzymes to

> > rise. He said at

> > other times it is only malfunctioning enough to

> > irritate the liver

> > and keep the liver enzymes elevated. He said

> > sometimes it might only

> > be malfunctioning enough to cause me severe pain and

> > nausea but not

> > mess up the blood levels.

> > >

> > > On Wednesday, the GI is going to go in and open

> > the duct more so

> > the sphincter of oddi can work properly. If that

> > does not work, the

> > next step will be a sphincteroplasty. However, the

> > surgeon said that

> > is a very major and difficult surgery. The surgeon

> > gave me the

> > choice of staying in the hospital or going home and

> > coming back on

> > Wednesday. I elected to come home. He sent me home

> > with plenty of

> > pain meds. He told me to take the meds round the

> > clock and to not

> > allow my pain to get bad. He gave me mepergan

> > fortis

> > (demerol/phenergan) and said I could take up to 3 at

> > a time if I need

> > to. He also told me if it gets worse again, I am

> > to contact him

> > immediately.

> > >

> > > Obviously, from the amount of drugs he is willing

> > to give me, he

> > truly believes me when I tell him the pain is

> > severe.

> > >

> > > Anyway, I am much better than I was Wednesday.

> > I'm going to just

> > eat light between now and next Wed. when they do the

> > procedure.

> > >

> > > I am also going to monitor my blood sugar over the

> > next few days.

> > >

> > > Thanks to everyone for all your concern, prayers,

> > and encouragement.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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> >

> >

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