Did you have any warning signs

hi im pretty much the same only my pain is under ribs on the right radiating to back Had 5 different scans all normal and bloods normal. apart from the ultrasound scan I had first which revealed a distended duct in my pancreas. But no one had mentioned this since. I have stopped drinking and eating fat,(although no one has told me to stop, and I didn't drink much anyway)  I am fed up of moaning but I would rather be diagnosed with something than left like this

Sue

Hi dannybob.  Sounds like your doc's have been busy trying to sort out your problem however I'm wondering why they haven't recommended a CT/MRI of your abdomen or an endoscopy which sees the pancreas clearly.  Your stools are a bit of a giveaway to me, the colour and frequency.  If you have Chronic Pancreatitis your bloods won't necessarily show much of anything so not always helpful.

Omeprizal is a PPI which can eliminate or reduce nausea which is a symptom for many with Pancreatitis.

Is your pain worse after eating?  Do you find some foods upset you more than others?  A low fat diet helps and is essential for people with Pancreatitis.  There's a variety of foods that fit the category so dietary boredom doesn't set in.

I don't know what kind of doctor's you've seen but if I was you I'd ask for a referral to a gastroenterologist who specialises in the pancreas.  Gastroenterologists in the main don't necessarily know the pancreas beyond the general.  Seeing someone who specialises in the pancreas is important. 

My warning was similar to yours, the loose, discoloured and frequent stools, pain in the left upper abdo region beneath my ribs going through to my back being the main ones.  The thing is there are so many issues with those symptoms that it can take time to sort.  Don't take alcohol or smoke (the pancreas really really hates smoking) and adopt a low fat diet until you're sorted.  Good luck.

I teach, was having lunch. I felt fine that day except for a headache that morning. After eating and carrying on a normal conversation suddenly I had the worse pain throughout my middle, back, and chest. I couldn’t speak. The school nurse sitting across addressed me and said you don’t look well- I shook my head. She immediately began pulse, blood pressure. They called my husband after I shook my head no to an ambulance. I was wheeled from the building in a wheelchair and taken quickly to the nearest ER. Finally after lab results came back, the dr said my lipase and amalyse was 3 thousand times over the normal amount. I stayed for four days. I never drink alcohol, no meds caused it, I haven’t had a gallbladder in 15 years. Idiopathic they said. 

Now 2 years later I still have upper right quadrant pain under my right ribs that go around to my back. In the past 3 months I’ve had mrcp, endoscopy, colonoscopy, 2 hido scans- bile duct and sphincter of oddi, ultrasound of bile duct. Every test is “normal”. I don’t understand.