Newbie here.....just had CT Scan with..............

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contrast dye today.....results Wed. GI doc " thinks " it's

pancreatitis or pancreas cancer. Symptoms....July 11 couldn't fall

asleep for 5 days in row....VERY EXHAUSTED, NO ENERGY, racing heart,

run-down feeling(last alcohol was in 1986). Went to ER...gave me

Ativan....said it was General Anxiety Disorder. Trying to wean of

Ativan....it's been 7 weeks.....a week after start of Ativan, GI

pain in hieatal hernia area....responded to Maalox. A week ago, pain

is " all over " abdomen in random pain locations. There is

intermitant pain just under the left ribcage(Pancreas?) and

occasional bouts of pain shooting down into pelvic area. ANY food or

water worsens pain after 30 minutes.......please note.....I lost 26

ponds in 7 weeks not trying....no appetite....still force myself to

eat....my stomach volume capacity for food is small(1/2 can beans

fills me up....food just " lies " in my stomach for 4 hours....stools

are lighter yellow brown....doc said my billbary(?) levels were high

but no jaundice/liver disease noted. The stomack discomfort now is

24/7, with my bed elevated and no spicy foods. I had

endoscopy/colonoscopy 2 1/2 yrs ago...was ok....The side effects

from Ativan are that it increases bilibary levels, causes weight

change, affects sugar somewhat, causes stomach and abdominal

discomfort. But I'm only on .35 mg (LOW DOSE) for sleep only once

daily. I'll stop there and ask those of you to comment on

possibilities(pancreatic and others.....antacids don't help pain

anymore....my weight is so low may need hospital. Thanks for

comments! Shybasset

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Shybasset,

I am so sorry to hear all you are going through. Welcome to our group. I

have cp and have had it for 3 years (diagnosed). I went for some time with

symptoms without diagnosis.

Have your amalase and lipase levels been checked? That is how they found my

pancreatitis. I also lost weight but I had just had gastric bypass surgery the

year before and assumed I was still losing from that. I didn't realize it was

the pancreatitis causing it.

Antacids will not help pancreatic pain. I took mild narcotics for about 2

years and withstood the pain because I didn't know I had other options. My docs

in my local area had no idea what to do with me and said I should be getting

better! Ha! Were they ever wrong!

I go to a pancreas specialist and surgeon in ton, SC. I had surgery

on my pancreas in June but it did not help. I have had to increase my narcotic

use considerably in the past year.

I am not sure if this helped you at all. Where do you live and are you going

to a doc who is used to dealing with pancreas patients? The reason we ask

where you live is because we can sometimes reccomend docs in your area that

others on the board have been to.

I will be glad to help answer any questions if I can. But I of course am not

a medical professional. Just a graduate of Pancreas problems 101!!!

Angie in SC

" The happiest of people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along

their way. "