, the newbie

[Guest guest]

,

Welcome to OUR world! Everything you said resonates, I am sure, with

practically all of us.

I also am in the same frightening position as you are when it comes

to eating. So far, I have restricted it so much that I can eat very

few things and, unfortunately compounded with my brittle diabetes,

most of those things are carbs. Only scrambled eggs meets the plate

for energy, which conflicts with my terribly high cholesterol and

triglycerides. Food is very frustrating.

Also, as to how long you have suffered, you may be right. I started

" drinking " antacids when I was 18 and got my severe pancreatitis

attack at 44, ten years ago. About two years before the attack, I was

suffering more than ever and was misdiagnosed so many times while

suffering so that it took a full-blown attack to finally get a real

diagnosis.

Hang in there. The high-contrast cat scan will probably not help as

much as one would wish. I guess that your insurance prefers to spend

more money by doing BOTH the CAT and the MRI. Silly, huh?

Take care,

Anyse

P. S. Share everything that you can here. It is safe! I even posted

an " almost " suicide note here and people were very helpful and non-

judgmental.

[Guest guest]

Anyse,

Thank you for your very warm welcome.

I needed that.

I guess alot of you have been misdiagnosed, or not

diagnosed for a long time before they found it?

I heard that cancer of the pancreas in the early

stages are the same. hard to diagnose.

things just don't jump out for the doctors until the

later stages.

they're testing away though and all the special people

and scientists are working hard to come up with

something for early detection.

alot like ovarian cancer. usually found in the late

stages.

so you're familiar too about cat scan readings as far

as them not being able to see entirely the damaged

pancreas unless they go in and see it with their own

eyes?

am I right about this? A cat scan can show the

pancreas to be normal, yet if they were to go in,

they'd see it;s really damaged for some?

why trust the ct scans then?

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I thought I read this

last week somewhere in my findings.

I'm still in the early learning stages as far as

knowing what I can tolerate to eat and what I can't.

we pay the price sometime by making a mistake.

I'll try the eggs.

thanks for your tip.

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