Do I have Pancreatitis?

Have you been checked for c. diff?

No fever!

No, but will address it with my doctor. I haven't taken any antibiotics, but you never know. Thank you!

Is anyone on Pancrease, and how are you doing with it?

I have been in the hospital for pancreatitis. Now that pain in my back has come back. Our car is broke down and I have no insurance. I also have type 2 diabetes. Do I have to go back to the ER to get effective treatment? The doctor said that the Metformin I was taking gave me the pancreatitis, then when they let me go home, I couldn't afford the Jenovia they prescribed me. So the health department put me back on Metformin, and now I'm in pain! What can I do?

@stormchild74 - Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! It has been a while since you posted and I’m sorry you have not heard from anyone yet.
Pancreatitis is very painful- I have been through it too. Mine was caused by a tiny gallstone blocking the pancreatic duct.
Metformin has some adverse effects.
Januvia is great, but it is so expensive. There are other diabetes medications that you could take.
Do you go to Department of Health clinics? Are you seen by a doctor there? Can you go back there for a different prescription?
If not, you should go to ER since you again have symptoms of acute pancreatitis.
Can you please get back to us?

Hello @stormchild74

I am sorry to hear of the health problems you are experiencing. Being without health insurance makes it much more difficult. A good resource for medical help when finances are tight is to contact your hospital's social worker. Often social workers can help patients with needs such as yours.

There is also a social care organization that you can check online that can help with financial problems. Here is their website, https://www.findhelp.org/. If you go to the website you will see a place to put in your zip code and various helping organizations will be listed in your area.

If I were in your position, I would check the hospital's social worker first but also look at findhelp.org.

Will you keep in touch and provide an update as to how you are doing?

I have had 4 bouts with acute pancreatitis in last 6 months and have been hospitalized each time. My recent MRCP showed:
Dilated CBD measuring up to 12 mm, focal narrowing of the CBD near the region of the ampulla or could be a distal CBD stricture or occult ampullary mass ,Probable right adrenal myelolipoma
. Few punctate T2 hyperintense foci within the pancreas likely represent IPMNs, there is mild intrahepatic biliary ductal dilation.
pancreas is atrophic
There is a cluster of T2 hyperintense foci within the pancreatic body
There is a T2 hyperintense focus within the tail the pancreas measuring approximately 3 mm.
My liver enzymes are fluctuating, but my Alkaline Phosphate never dip blow 164 and has been as high as 245

If anyone had any comments to what I am experiencing, please let me know! Thank you so much!

Hello. My husband has been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. He was told to stay away from alcohol and smoking. And to maintain a low fat diet. What is a low fat diet? How many grams of fat is one allowed on a low fat diet? He has lost 52 lbs since May of this year. Any help is appreciated.

Hi @jojo19 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Below I have offered some references that might be helpful, but I also moved your post to a conversation where others have been talking about their diagnosis of pancreatitis as well so you could connect with them and see what they have been doing.

- Dietary Guidelines for Pancreatitis - News Medical: https://www.news-medical.net/health/Dietary-Guidelines-for-Pancreatitis.aspx
- The Best (and Worst) Foods for Pancreatitis Pain: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/best-and-worst-foods-for-pancreatitis-pain/

Did his doctor give you guys any literature on it at all?