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Has anyone had a ERCP to deal with jaundice and nausea?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 6, 2023 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
I had jaundice but no nausea before diagnosis. EUS/ERCP included the biopsy that confirmed my cancer and blocked bile duct. A stent was inserted during the procedure to open up the bile duct, which relieved the jaundice and itching.
All seemed fine afterward while starting tons of doctor appointments and phone calls to address the cancer, get a chemo port, etc...
Then, 3 weeks later, boom! Intense abdominal pain and vomiting. Spent 3 days in the hospital addressing an infection. Possibly coincidental, but it occurred the morning after a big meal and then hanging upside-down on my inversion table to relieve some back pain. I suspect some of the bacteria from my lower GI tract may have followed gravity back to the area where tissue was still healing around my stent.
Who knows? It wasn't fun. All healed well after that, and the stent was removed during my Whipple. No jaundice or other issues since then (except return of the cancer).
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I will say prayers for your healing and return to good health.
22 years ago, suffering with a diagnosis of Sphincter of Oddi Disfunction, I had an obstructed Biliary Duct.
In total I had 3 ERCP procedures. A gastroenterogist who supposesidly was experienced in performing ERCP's during the 2nd ERCP placed a stent in the Biliary duct and perforated the duodenum.
Ended up in ICU for 2 weeks, suffered a bile burn on the pancreas, very ill. (NOTE: This happened 4 months before my daughter got married)
2 weeks following the the ICU hospitalization the stent became dislodged, 3rd ERCP to remove the stent. 2 weeks after this procedure, the gall bladder got infected, Energency surgery to remove the gall bladder.
( You Can't Make this S...T up)
Suffered with horrible pain, pancreatc enzyme abnormalities, pancreatitis. Diarrhea. Lost 40 lbs.
Fast forward to 2023, I have bouts of panreatitis, horrible abdominal cramping after eating heavy meals, can not digest fats, pain on upper rt flank of back.
With rest, diet restriction and acupuncture, the symptoms subside. Most recently had a MRCP and CT Scan everything looks fine.
My question is what were your symptoms with ductal cancer? I have lived with this for so long guess its the body's response to so much trauma.
Good Luck to you and
GOD BLESS!
Take care
Colleen P