k2626
23-09-09, 01:07
Hi all-well I survived the EUS and my pancreas is FINE. THANK GOD. The dr said that he is not worried as much of my pain but the fact that I have a tumor marker that is elevated. He said that it could mean one of two things. One is that I have dysplasia cells, meaning something is "brewing" in my pancreas--bad cells. He said with that I will do a ca 19 blood test every 6 months and a repeat EUS in a year so that if it is brewing they are on top of it. It does not explain the pain I have which leads him to point number 2 and that is that it could be another organ causing the elevation in the CA 19.
So here is where I am at in my thought process. I figure I can put pancreatic cancer to rest for now. Since I had an EUS 6 months back, a CT, and MRI surely something woudl have shown up in that span if it were serious, though I know it could be missed and a very hard disease to dx, something with this EUS surly would have shown within 6 months. I feel that something else is causing this inflammation to my pancreas. As many of you know I had issues (joint and muscular problems) starting a yr ago. I cannot help but think its all connected and think it could be something autoimmune WHICH I am fine with if it is, "fine" meaning no panicked over it.
I will keep you all posted and in the meantime will try not to think I have something horribly wrong. I have at least ruled out my greatest fear for now.
So here is where I am at in my thought process. I figure I can put pancreatic cancer to rest for now. Since I had an EUS 6 months back, a CT, and MRI surely something woudl have shown up in that span if it were serious, though I know it could be missed and a very hard disease to dx, something with this EUS surly would have shown within 6 months. I feel that something else is causing this inflammation to my pancreas. As many of you know I had issues (joint and muscular problems) starting a yr ago. I cannot help but think its all connected and think it could be something autoimmune WHICH I am fine with if it is, "fine" meaning no panicked over it.
I will keep you all posted and in the meantime will try not to think I have something horribly wrong. I have at least ruled out my greatest fear for now.