New member with many symptoms to Shybasset.

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Shybasset,

It's difficult to comment with any degree of certainty about your

symptoms, since all of the conditions you've already listed; ulcer,

gerd, pancreatitis, prostrate area pain, kidney pain, etc., deal with

pain. There is a possibility that it could be pancreatitis, and it's

possible that the CT-scan would show this, but even this procedure

has been known to be incorrect.

Although your weight loss and malbsorption are symptoms of

pancreatitis, they could still be the result of side effects from one

of the other conditions. Your blood tests were all normal, further

frustrating a diagnostician. Without more positive results from

diagnostic testing, it's difficult to determine exactly what's wrong.

Hopefully your CT-scan will show something. Please be aware, though,

that sometimes CT-scans don't show any pancreatic problems, even when

the condition already exists. Other diagnostic tests that could be

done to confirm pancreatitis would be an MRI, MRCP or ERCP. A fecal

fat test would only confirm the malabsorption. A high level of

triglycerides shown in a triglyceride blood test would also be an

indicator of pancreatitis.

Sorry that there isn't more that could give you any positive answers.

I'm sure you're anxious to see the results of your CT-scan, as are

we. Having to wait all weekend for an answer is probably the worst!

If the doctors can't find anything, be firm in your resolve to keep

looking, and make sure that you convey this to the physicians

involved in your case. You need to keep searching to find the

answers, and often times it's a long search.

Please let us know if there's anything else we can do, and please let

us know about the results of your scan when you find out.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

hhessgriffeth@...

www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or

opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical

consultation.