Re: Pseudocyst / enzyme relationship

[Guest guest]

Laurie wrote:

> does anyone know if you can have a pseudocyst with normal levels of amylase

and

lipase?<

Laurie,

I've been offline for the past four days and haven't finished catching up on all

the

messages yet, so I don't know what kind of answers you've had to this questions,

but I did

want to pop in and say that, yes, you can have a pseudocyst and still have

normal a & l

levels. I have two pseudocysts, and haven't had elevated levels since a year

ago March,

when I had pancreas burn-out. My levels now show up below normal. Prior to

that I'd

always have a slightly higher than normal amylase level, and my doctor said then

that it

was due to the pseudocysts.

So you can't believe everything you read as fact (smile).

Think good thoughts,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on my personal opinion or

experiences only, and should not be substituted for a professional medical

consultation.

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> I'm curious what does the feeling of the pseudocyst feel

> like?

Laurie,

Me again, the lady with the pseudocysts! (she says with a smile). One of my

pseudocysts is located near the pancreas head...(gee, I've had them so long now,

three

years, I guess I should give them names) and that is the larger of the two now.

It's gotten

back up to 6x5 cm. and it feels like a hard flat mass. If I'm sitting, it's

just beneath my left

lower ribs, once I lie down it lowers down more into the waist level, just to

the left of mid-

body. The smaller one is in the pancreas tail, and now that it's 3x5 I can't

feel it as well,

only if I press hard enough, and it's located lower, just to the left beneath my

navel By

prodding, I am able to move the smaller pseudocyst from one area to another, but

not the

larger one. When they were inflamed last October and badly enough to send me to

the

hospital, they were both very hard and visible when lying flat on my back.

Don't use my

locations as reference, though, because my pancreas isn't located in the

anatomically

correct position as most other people's.

When they are inflamed, any touch, no matter how gentle, causes extensive pain.

The

larger one usually always hurts enough to the point of me being a continually

aware of the

discomfort. When my husband sees me walking around with my hand over that spot

(I do

this unconsciously when they're misbehaving) he knows they're rioting. When

they start to

riot into a flare, I have serious pain in the abdomen, as well as mid-back and

upper left

shoulder pain.

Hope this helps.

Think good thoughts,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on my personal opinion or

experiences only, and should not be substituted for a professional medical

consultation.