Normal CT

[Guest guest]

Here I go again, complaining about normal test results.

The radiologist gave me a preliminary report before I left the table

on Monday and he says the pancreas looks perfectly normal, with no

pseudocyts and no calcification.

Guess the disease is progressing slower than I believed because of the

increasing frequency of pain, nausea, and fatigue. It has been just 1

1/2 years since my first acute pancreatitis diagnosis and there have

been no laboratory results to determine the cause of that episode, or

the continuing problems.

I work part-time, but many days don't feel capable of doing even a few

hours' work. I'm not sleeping well, and the nausea that just began in

May is still mild (ginger helps - nothing stronger needed) but is

nearly every day now to some extent.

The pain I have is nothing compared to what many of you describe - or

I have an extremely high tolerance - rarely do I need to take the

Vicodin prescribed for me. What gets to me is the constant low-degree

of pain, it just wears me down. I know I need to think " one day at a

time " instead of, how much longer can I deal with this. And it really

helps to be able to vent to a group that does understand.

Best wishes for a good day to everyone.

Aloha,

in Hawaii