I had a very busy, kinda shitty, but productive weekend.
I had a long-awaited CT scan on Friday afternoon. The staff was incredible - but my body got a little angry.
Unfortunately, my pancreas is finnicky. I didn't have a full pancreatic attack since I was able to eat without my lipase spiking to dangerous levels, but the amount of bile in my digestive system and a slightly elevated lipase level meant that I was sick and nauseous enough to get concerned. Nine hours after the ct I was still feeling horrible and started getting a migraine (light sensitive) and dry heaving.
Not quite sure if I should go in or not, I managed to get a hold of a diagnostic imaging technician to ask their opinion. After being encouraged to go get checked out, I went to Emergency.
I got really lucky.
I ended up getting an incredible doctor who not only read pretty much my entire history before seeing me, but was able to go over some previous bloodwork and my ct scan results.
Is it good news? I don't really know. The test results give a certain speculation, which isn't good news, but also shows no indication of Cancer, so that's good news....
Basically we have a pretty good idea of what is going on, but need to see my Internist (at the very least) before any concrete decisions or diagnoses are made. And it actually looks like I'll need some follow-up tests and maybe a new specialist to add to the list.
So, very productive, very informative, very long and complicated weekend. I am currently doing some more research
Peer-reviewed journal articles, NOT Google
Either way... I need a couple of days to myself. I need to think things through, take time to just hang out and do some research without obsessing about it. How the hell do I do that?
I am 100% happy that I found out the results of my recent tests. I like knowing all of the numbers and references for my own records and understanding.
Going to be a complicated few more months....