In terrible back, front and side pain, I had a CT Scan (without contrast) and was rushed to York Hospital’s Oncology Dept. They were ready to cut me open from neck to groin, but CT w/ contrast and an MRI revealed to to be a grapefruit-sized Pseudo-cyst and inflamed Pancreas and Stomach.
No food for 23 days — just ice chips 5x/day — liquid food portal in left neck vein, saline solution portal in right neck vein, 3 antibiotic IVs in the arms, 4 ERCP (Endoscopies) operations under ‘twilight gas”, weight down from 265 to 134 (-131 LBS) and I was an emaciated skeleton on 24th day, for discharge.
I was also to PSU-Hershey Medical Center & Hospital every few months for past 4yrs, and had another 10 ERCPs there, with my new GI Team.
They drained it thru stents in the stomach, and I’ve been OK since. They also found heart disease (5 stents installed), kidney disease and Diabetes 1. After 1.5yrs on insulin, I’m now Type 2 on Metformin and Jardiance. I take 36 pills, split between morning and evening, for all the maladies.
Thankfully, it wasn’t cancer.
I admire your tenacity.
You had an amazing recovery.
Please keep up the good work.