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Mar 23, 2017, I had a CT-scan (dry, dr forgot to Rx liquid media to drink) and when they read scan, the shadows looked like Pancreatic Cancer. I went to the area’s premier Oncologist, but passed out in his office. They rushed me to York Hospital, prepped me for surgery, gave me a WET CT-scan, and it was a 10” x 6” pseudo-cyst growing on my Pancreas, from the Gall Bladder sludge, stalagmite-style.

I was in 23 days, DIED 2X AND THEY BROUGHT ME BACK, on IV food & water in my neck veins, 3 other IV antibiotics in my arms. My stomach was compressed by the cyst, that it could only hold 1-3 teaspoons of apple sauce.

I was a zombie when I got out April 14. Lost 131-lbs, down from 265. Body ate all body fat and my muscles atrophied, since I was IV feed, and ice chips. I’m walking a lot, but can’t work-out w/ remaining stent in stomach, back up to 160-lbs now and plan to keep my weight around 170. Worst 23 days in my life, so far.

The ERCP I needed - to drain the pseudo-cyst thru the stomach - is only done at PSU-Hershey Hospital (Dr Moyer/ Dr Dye in GI), so I switched hospitals and they’ve done 15 ERCPs, 17 CT Scans, (can’t have an MRI since I have a .32cal inside my pelvis), and the pseudo-cyst has reduced to 1cm x 2cm and they opened-up the GB stricture to let fluids flow.

I had 5 pigtail stents thru stomach into cyst to drain it.

GB has 1 large stone, but they worked around it. I’m pain-free, recuperating, and go back into PSU-Hershey in early March for final ERCP and CT-scan to measure cyst, and maybe remove last stent. Dr Moyer doesn’t think GB needs to come out. I’ve talked to 2 surgeons who do minimal-invasive GB surgery, and they don’t think so either.

Where are you? What hospital is your wife in?

If you want to talk, I’ll send my cell number.