Posted on 08/24/2019 5:50:04 AM PDT by mplc51
This is important because a biliary stent is only installed if a tumor was large enough to cause blockage of the bile duct from the liver to the intestine.
It is typically performed in cases where the patient has cancer on the duct itself and often predicates liver cancer.
Again the stent is typically only used in advanced cases and often only surgery is done for early cases:
Take my word for it, I saw Alien the day after it premiered at the Hollywood Egyptian Theater, and had my own pancreas explode on a trip to Yosemite.
Granted, I don't have personal experience with Alien chest bursters, but I do have experience with self-digestion. No comparison. If it took the chest burster a few days to gnaw it's way out, that would be close.
Or you could try it for yourself? I REALLY DO NOT recommend it!
Think second and third degree burns of your peritoneum. Literally pancreatitis gives you chemical burns on your internal organs
Even with morphine on board, I felt/imagined/hallucinated that a demon had burned its way into my gut and was in there, all sharp hooves and horns, claws and teeth, and was ripping chunks of crispy flesh off my insides and dipping them in the puddled juices at the bottom of the cavity it had clawed out and crunching them down its gullet.
I had pancreatitis once from gallbladder issues. I can sympathize with you. Labor pains were a piece of cake compared to that. Your hallucinations were pretty on the mark because it does produce a chemical burn on your inside...
And with labor pains you get a prize!
The best kind of prize!
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