Coincidence or what?

Thanks for all your encouraging comments on my "post op pain" thread. Much appreciated.
On the first day out, I felt rather good and went on a nice long walk. Even worked up a bit of a sweat which showed the PM was doing its thing.
Then came Saturday. OK at first, even the shoulder pain eased a bit. But then came incredible abdomen pain, breathlessness, sweat. So I was rushed off to hospital in an ambulance and during the ride I was given a good dose of morphine. I can tell you that morphine gets rid of the shoulder pain!
It was diagnosed that I had an inflamed pancreas. Spent two horrible nights in hospital and was discharged this afternoon (Australia time), Tests now show me to be OK, but I cannot help think that the drugs used in the PM procedure may be linked to the pancreas event, as I have never had any such or related issue before.
I would be interested to know if anyone else has had any thing similar happen to them.
Once gain, thanks for your support,
Bernard
PS: I inadvertently posted this previously under my 'post op pain" thread!

5 Comments

Not good

by ElectricFrank - 2012-05-01 02:05:20

Sounds like you might have picked up one of those neat hospital infections, although you may be right about a drug doing it.

Glad you are feeling better.

frank

Possible culprit

by Bernard - 2012-05-01 05:05:51

thanks Frank.
I got the hospital to send me a list of the drugs that were used and one of them, "Isovue"has side effects that appear to match: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/isovue-side-effects.html. I will be giving this to the docs.
Cheers
Bernard

(side) effects

by ElectricFrank - 2012-05-02 01:05:27

What they don't say is that the symptoms you experienced from the drug is not a side effect..it is an effect.

frank

Another thought

by IAN MC - 2012-05-02 02:05:53

Hi Bernard .. I don't suppose you take statins by any chance ? They can cause pancreatic problems .. and most Drs seem to be unaware of this.

Glad that you seem to have recovered

Ian

Another thought

by Bernard - 2012-05-02 06:05:35

Hi Ian
No I do not take statins, but thanks for the thought.
Bernard

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