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Carolyns · 01-28-2009, 09:04 PM

Hi Eric,

I am sorry to hear about Caryn's pancreatitis. I did not have the same situation but something....

I had rapidly rising bilirubin 1 point per day. We thought it was the liver mets. I went to the hospital and it turned out that the lymph nodes around the bile duct near my liver were swollen closing the bile duct. We ended up having a stent placed in the bile duct and once it opened the duct the liver began to drain I got pancreatitis. It was very painful and lasted about 24 hours. My liver counts became normal over the next few days. That was last March and I have the stent replaced every 3 to 6 months as the bile duct has not opened up again when we remove the stent. So far so good.

I wish you and Caryn well.

Carolyn

01-28-2009, 09:04 PM	#6
Carolyns Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 477	Hi Eric, I am sorry to hear about Caryn's pancreatitis. I did not have the same situation but something.... I had rapidly rising bilirubin 1 point per day. We thought it was the liver mets. I went to the hospital and it turned out that the lymph nodes around the bile duct near my liver were swollen closing the bile duct. We ended up having a stent placed in the bile duct and once it opened the duct the liver began to drain I got pancreatitis. It was very painful and lasted about 24 hours. My liver counts became normal over the next few days. That was last March and I have the stent replaced every 3 to 6 months as the bile duct has not opened up again when we remove the stent. So far so good. I wish you and Caryn well. Carolyn Last edited by Carolyns; 01-28-2009 at 09:09 PM..