Hi, @kona6. Having huge waves of nausea and also moving into the vomiting stage are super unpleasant. I've got anti-nausea lozenges in my desk and "barf bags" in all our vehicles. I've also had my belly hurt like crazy, to the point I could no longer sit down and do any work. The time where I needed all this is when I was on semaglutide (Wegovy), which gave me these side effects. I realize your symptoms come from something much different, but I empathize with the symptoms you've had to deal with.
What a bummer that you are now home from 6 days in the hospital and are feeling more miserable than ever.
If you've not yet read this, you might appreciate some of this Mayo Clinic information on pancreatitis and on hyperparathyroidism:
- Pancreatitis https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pancreatitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20360227
f anyone here also has untreated hyperparathyroidism which led to hypercalcemia which led to acute pancreatitis
- Hyperparathyroidism https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyperparathyroidism/symptoms-causes/syc-20356194
In order to locate Mayo Clinic Connect members who might join this conversation with you who have had untreated hyperparathyroidism which led to hypercalcemia which led to acute pancreatitis - or who have seen this occur before or know anything about it, I'm tagging members from various Connect support groups to come chat with you about this topic. Please meet @kitten92 @pml @ladyaceintx1 @redhead1116 @sonic997 @fogel1960 @astaingegerdm @beachdog @lightluz @tsch @ssmab @sebutler @pah17 @4deborahrb @florentina99 @hellonewyork.
kona6 - when you were dismissed from the hospital, did they prescribe some medications for the symptoms you'd been experiencing? Does the doctor whose service you were on at the hospital know how bad you've been feeling since you got back home? If not, are you thinking about telling him or her about it?
@lisalucier
Hello Lisa Lucier. Thanks so much for this fine and useful posting for me. Lisa, just before leaving the hospital 2 days ago, I was told to take Tylenol (975 mg) for the physical pain, simethicone tablets (for bloating/gas), Miralax (for easy, softer stools), lidocaine cream (for my belly button area), and docusate (for constipation and stool softening). My MD's RN called me today to check on me and she says she'll call again tomorrow. She told me to: stay hydrated (something I'm not so good at being due to never feeling thirsty), limit sugar and fruits (these are bad for an ailing pancreas-- I'd been eating persimmon and a pomegranate), avoid starchy vegetables (peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, butternut/acorn squashes), and use moist heat on the belly button area and belly. I told her I know why I have the troubling breathing problem: my pancreas is so swollen and enlarged that it pushes up against the diaphragm and this then has a bad effect on breathing. She agreed with me.
Therefore my MD and her RN are well aware of how miserable this medical problem is, causing all that constant physical pain and makes breathing shallow and weak. The RN told me that it can weeks to recover from this but there will be likely daily slight improvements.
I made a proper high protein, non-starchy vegetables meal for me just a short while ago.
Thanks Lisa once again for your dear kindness and concern over my health.