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@pml, What a scary situation, that had to be difficult to have to face that life threatening condition, all on top of cancer. I'm so glad there is a happy ending to your husband's story. Were there any early warning signs that others can watch for? Or did the pancreatitis present fairly quickly?

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Hi Lisa,
The warning signs for my husband were vomiting, not being to hold down any food, diarrhea and losing a lot of weight. I called the cancer doctor who ignored me and had her clerk return my call. She said they could prescribe some nausea medicine. I told her I wanted him to see the cancer doctor. She evaded my question. I could tell that my husband was getting worse so I emailed our primary care doctor who immediately answered and said, "Can you come in tomorrow?" Our primary care doctor could see it was pancreatitis and referred him to a specialist who saw him right away and got him started on the right medicine so he could eat again. I fed my husband beef stew made with a high quality of beef which was all he could eat. We also prayed a lot! He recovered very fast and was just fine. And, we found another cancer doctor. However, my husband says he will never have another Keytruda treatment and I don't blame him. From now on, we just put everything in God's hands.
PML