@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.