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obakanosandoitchi · 9 months

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10-08-2023

today's themes were pancreatitis and pancreatic tumours.

went out for boba as a treat

#boba tea #pancreatitis #med student #uniblr #med studyblr #academic validation #medschool #productive #productive summer #medblr

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chronic-gastro-illness-culture · 4 months

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hows the tummy hurty fandom doing

#digestive disorders #chronic illness #stomach problems #irritable bowel syndrome #irritable bowel disease #gastroesophageal reflux disease #food intolerance #food allergies #stomach ulcer #crohn's disease #gastroparesis #celiac disease #dysphagia #pancreatitis #diverticulosis #delayed stomach emptying

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ask-a-vetblr · 1 year

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Every year for Thanksgiving, our dogs get their own plates of unseasoned veggies, small chunk of cornbread, tiny pies made out of peanut butter and unsweetened pie crust, and the meat off the drumsticks since we don't usually eat that part. I read earlier that turkey skin isn't good for them because it's fatty and could lead to a list of issues. I could see that being a problem if it was part of their usual diet, but it's just a holiday thing. Is it really so bad for them once a year?

Sueanoi here,

Yes. Especially.

A sudden increase in fat intake can be a cause of pancreatitis, among other unknown causes of this disease, this is one of the things we're pretty sure about.

Please be careful of your pets' treats during Thanksgivings. A sudden spike in pancreatitis case numbers during this holiday is a common occurrence.

#pancreatitis

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deebrisbyfish · 1 year

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I always imagined Burger-Poe’s barking head bouncing open kind of like the animation in the old arcade game, Burger Time. This is a rare strip where I would love to see the gag actually animated. And just a heads up, but I’m not going to rerun ALL of the strips from this storyline. I will be running a couple more reruns over the next few weeks and new strips will start back up on April 5th, so thanks again for your patience as I get back on my feet and get caught up.

#pizza #pancreatitis #cheeseburger #puppy #dog #dogcomic #i hate being sick #recovery #gurgle #bizarro #jammies #webcomic #comicstrip #trans #transgender #lgbtq #lgbtqia #burgertime

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happyfanofeverything · 1 year

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are you really a fan of orv if you haven’t dedicated all of your time during a certain (ongoing) period of your life to desperately trying to keep one person alive as their sole/primary support materially/financially, socially, mentally, and emotionally, all from a distance with your only contact being digital

trying to convince them that the world failed them and it’s not their fault, that you want them alive, that good things can happen to them, and wondering if they really know how powerful and how powerless you are, if they know to blame you when they should, if they know that just because you’ll never be able to do enough doesn’t mean they deserve to suffer like this.

knowing that you are in a position of power over them, telling them the story of what this world deems they should be given, and you can’t do it right by them, but no matter what, you want with your whole being for their story to continue another day.

wanting to tell them that reading their story has saved you, and you’re so sorry for when you’re unable to do anything for them but read it

btw their venmo is Webwil1240 and their cashapp is $Daunderdogg and their gofundme is https://gofund.me/bed23894 and she’s dying without money for her medications yes this is about me please help us ✨

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jpbradley · 1 month

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JP aten't ded [pancreatitis update]

So for those who don't know me; in 2022 I almost died of pancreatitis, it was a bad time. I was put in a coma and was saved by the hard work of the doctors, nurses and support staff of the NHS. I spent 4 1/2 months in hospital relearning how to walk and eat and over the past year have had a bunch of cool complications from that event.

We never really found out the cause and since then pancreatitis has continued to loom over me. Every time I eat and feel anything unexpected in my abdomen I am hypervigilant that my pancreatitis is returning and that I'll be hospitalised again.

Last week that fear became a reality. That also might end up being a good thing.

My experience of pancreatitis begins with back pain. I'm pushing 40 by this point and back pain is hardly uncommon for people my age, but this is constant, cannot be relieved by changing position and ultimately feels like a knife being driven into a tight knot in the back. This persists until it becomes impossible to sleep through the discomfort.

This is the symptom that woke me up last week. In the middle of the night I felt it combined with a stabbing pain in my abdomen, followed by vomiting; and remembered with terrible clarity the weeks of that pain I endured before my first admission. I woke my wife and, terrified, resolved to go to A&E.

At the hospital we went through the standard gamut of blood tests which confirmed that something was going on, and I sat in urgent treatment waiting for a bed to free up. The NHS is an institution under resourced by a government that seeks to destroy it and replace it with medical insurance that would force most working class people into debt so crushing they could never escape it.

As such the wait is long, and I spend a good chunk of it on the floor in a side room because every other position is worse. They don't have an answer for what I have yet (spoilers; it's pancreatitis) and so they can't prescribe pain relief. So I wait. My wife waits with me and I have to look up at her stricken face as she looks down at me powerless to do anything to help.

Being ill sucks and the toll it takes on the people who love you is terrible.

Eventually I have a CT scan (abdominal pelvis with contrast for you radiology fans out there) and a while later am moved into a cubicle where a doctor finally administers IV morphine. The feeling is fuzzy, the relief immediate. My abdomen still hurts a lot, the muscles strained from the vomiting, but the tension I had been unable to release from my body flows out of me and I fall asleep.

At one point I wake up and my wife is asleep in the chair beside me with her head laid by my side on the gurney. I feel grateful and guilty for putting her through this.

From there I eventually get moved to a surgical unit. It's here that we learn that after over a year of speculation we finally have a root cause for my pancreatitis; gall stones. Getting in early and not waiting until my condition for worse means we caught the gallbladder in the act. Motherf-

Sometimes the gallbladder produces stones and sometimes those stones interact with the pancreatic duct, causing the pancreas to decide the world is ending and move all of it's stocks into burning the gaff down. Their own gaff, where they fucking live. It is a dumb and anxious organ. I can relate.

The result was that a few days ago I had a very sexy cholecystectomy. As you can guess that's them taking the gallbladder out, in this case via keyhole surgery which has left me very tender but massively reduced my time to discharge from hospital. The doctor on ward rounds gave me the option of discharge the following day before he went away and spoke with his consultant who said; "Have you seen his history? Not a fucking chance, tell him he's staying" (I assume).

So is that it? Gallbladder gone and pancreatitis no more? Well- Maybe.

Pancreatitis isn't well understood. Gallstones are indicated and the most likely cause of pancreatitis in me. Other causes could be alcohol; which some doctors love to bring up as their pet theory, or cholesterol. Studies are ongoing into pancreatitis (my medical records are part of one of them) to understand the causes and also the varied survival rates among severe pancreatitis sufferers. So with that said there is a possibility it could return and despite everything I have to be constantly vigilant to make sure I am ready if it does.

Which brings us to the last thing I want to talk about, which is living with pancreatitis.

On the grand scale of things my living adjustment for pancreatitis is quite tolerable; I have to take synthetic pancreatin with every meal which allows my body to process things like fat and complex carbohydrates. I also no longer have a gall bladder, this means my body doesn't have a reserve of bile which is used to break down fat as it passes into the large intestine. As such for the next few weeks I need to be on a low fat diet and slowly introduce fats to build up a tolerance.

More difficult for me is the uncertainty around my body. I've never lived a particularly healthy life but before my illness I at least felt like I understood it. Where it hurt, what was wrong, how to know how to communicate that. These days my stomach gurgles and I find myself performing an itinerary of everything I've eaten to see if there's something in there that might cause me to suddenly collapse.

The uncertainty is draining but the vigilance I feel is worth it, and if there's one thing to take away from all of this it's; if you can please don't wait until it's unbearable to get help, please go early if you can and if it's nothing at least rule it out.

If you read all of this; thank you! I really appreciate it.

I just needed to get it out somewhere and because resources can be a little difficult to find/confusing about pancreatitis please feel free to ask if you have any questions and I will answer as best I can about my experience with the illness.

#pancreatitis #nhs #cw death #cw coma #cw medical #death #coma #medical #personal

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mcatmemoranda · 2 months

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Give 200 cc/hour to wash out the lipase in pts with pancreatitis. LR is superior to NS for fluids in pts with pancreatitis.

#pancreatitis

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randomlythings · 3 months

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A death in my family

Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com I’m sad to inform you that my dad passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2024. After a month in the hospital because of pancreatitis, he didn’t make it. I hoped and prayed he would get better. I didn’t want him to die so soon. He was only 79 years old. He would have turned 80 on March 25. I saw him on Monday 5th, and he was still conscious and talking. He was…

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tinabubbiebella · 1 year

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☮️💟🐶🕉️☯️ Look who’s officially a Teenager today! #MissBella our sweet baby girl is 13. She’s our beautiful little dork, our sassy, lovey, happy, sweet, kind little cuddle bear. She’s had long battles with health issues like #Epilepsy 💜 #LuxatingPatella and now #Pancreatitis but through it all, she still brings joy & happiness to our lives every single day. No amount of words will ever be enough to describe my love for this beautiful creature. She’s captured my heart & soul and am eternally grateful that this precious soul is part of our family. Mommie & Pawpaw & #LittleLexie love you bunches ♾️ #Happy13thBirthday #BirthdayGirl #PomLife #Pommies #Pomeranians #PomPoms #PommieLove #MommiesPommies #PunkRockPommies #PeaceLovePommies #YinAndYangPommies #PomeraniansOfInstagram #DogsOfInstagram (at Manteca, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoEReqELnzF5lZxWAy-dw4t7GFrTRPpRbosj0k0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#missbella #epilepsy #luxatingpatella #pancreatitis #littlelexie #happy13thbirthday #birthdaygirl #pomlife #pommies #pomeranians #pompoms #pommielove #mommiespommies #punkrockpommies #peacelovepommies #yinandyangpommies #pomeraniansofinstagram #dogsofinstagram

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chronic-gastro-illness-culture · 3 months

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chronic gastro illness culture is will this mild stomach discomfort pass or is it gonna turn into smth bigger

#digestive disorders #chronic illness #stomach problems #gastroesophageal reflux disease #irritable bowel syndrome #irritable bowel disease #food allergies #food intolerance #stomach ulcer #crohn's disease #gastroparesis #dysphagia #delayed stomach emptying #diverticulosis #pancreatitis

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loser-female · 8 months

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I'm tired. I'm tired. I'm always waiting for the bad news and they happen and I'm even more tired.

#ada.txt #my mom's dog passed this morning #pancreatitis

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bethiniancorpuscle · 1 year

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Causes of Acute Pancreatitis

In the UK and US, the main causes are gallstones and alcohol.

Use the mnemonic 'I GET SMASHED':

Idiopathic

Gallstones

Ethanol

Trauma

Steroids

Mumps / Malignancy

Autoimmune

Scorpion stings

Hypercalcaemia / Hypertriglyceridaemia / Hypothermia

ERCP

Drugs (including azathioprine, mesalazine, bendroflumethiazide, furosemide, steroids, sodium valproate)

#medical student #med school #gastroenterology #revision #mnemonics #clinical #pancreatitis #medblr #medspo #third year #study notes

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deebrisbyfish · 1 year

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As the rerun saga of my FIRST bout of pancreatitis continues, I am happy to say I am pretty much finished with round 3, and working to make the necessary lifestyle changes required to prevent a round 4. And hopefully, I'll STICK to them this time. Ugh. When I was in the hospital back in 2021, it was only about 2 months after getting my name legally changed and I actually still HAVE the wristband they gave me with my correct name on it. Funny thing is, though, they all called me by my MIDDLE name, Sarah, in the hospital until I corrected them. lol Feeling MUCH better and am hoping to get back to making NEW strips soon. :)

#sick #hospital #pancreatitis #cheeseburger #wine #excess #stress #recovery #webcomic #comicstrip #deadnaming #pronouns #trans #transgender #comic #lgbtq #lgbtqia

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happyfanofeverything · 1 year

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Calling on all non-Black ppl & abled ppl to contribute funds & share this aid request for my dear friends Liv & Webb!

We urgently need money for electricity & water, otherwise Liv may be killed on the streets by cold, life-threatening infections (especially COVID), and police/white supremacist violence.

venmo: Webwil1240

cashapp: $DaunderDogg

paypal: @ORiveraWilson

one link with all their direct paylinks: moneyyy.me/$livi5567

food wishlist on amazon

cleaning supplies wishlist on amazon

gofund.me/bed23894

what to know about this emergency situation:

--🌹🥀🩸--

Liv & Webb NEED their own secure housing to keep Liv safe from infection, especially covid.

She’s constantly bleeding, with an open stomach wound, has frequent seizures & even heart attacks, & has been only repeatedly abused by hospitals who, for example, coerced & manipulated her into signing a DNR.

Medical abuse & neglect has worsened her condition to unimaginable extents, even though treatment can significantly help her if only they could have enough money.

Webb always watches over her, tends to her body, keeps surfaces sanitized, protects her from abuse, desperately brings her back when she stops breathing.

Her teeth have broken apart and fallen out because she’s always throwing up & doesn’t have enough food to eat.

Liv worked extremely hard to graduate college with a degree in cybersecurity, but this cruel world has forced her to give up on her career dream.

Liv and Webb have been in love together for many years and would do & have done anything and everything for each other.

Webb has been physically disabled by a car crashing into him and by more medical abuse on top of that.

(Months ago, they forced him to walk 12 miles daily to physical therapy in excruciating heat with a fractured neck & back & everything because he didn’t have a working car nor money to get there using rideshare, and if he didn’t show up every day they wouldn’t pay his settlement for the car crash… even though they clearly knew it was only making his condition worse. Deeply evil).

Even in his physical condition, Webb has worked extremely hard to make money for Liv, but employers exploit his labor & cheat him of fair payment for his work because they know he can’t do much to retaliate.

Liv and Webb care wonderfully for their multiple beloved pets with their extremely limited resources, their puppy Blue loves and protects Liv.

Liv & Webb’s families are horrifically abusive and cruel and have left them to die, gloating to them that they’ll throw a party after Liv dies, sending the most horrible abusive messages to Liv.

One abusive family member forces them to pay full rent & utilities for a home that he frequently kicks them out of.

They can’t stay when he’s there - previously, he has brought friends to rape and beat Liv, he has purposely used up all of their living supplies, set the temperature to flip between extremes & blasted loud audio just to torture them, he has poisoned their beloved pets.

It’s extremely dangerous for Liv and Webb to stay outside: even when they have a car, they’re constantly chased away and harassed and threatened by strangers because they’re Black and poor and disabled. They’ve barely been eating anything at all.

Liv and Webb have been crowdfunding online for a long time (years!!) and received immense floods of harassment.

Liv and Webb need community support, money to secure their housing every month, money for their car, money for food and basic hygienic needs.

Liv and Webb are extremely important to me. They show me every day that people with illnesses and disabilities (like me) deserve unconditional love and care and support, that it’s possible for two people to love each other so dedicatedly that they weather & survive insurmountable obstacles & constant hatred from the world around them, no matter what, for years, even as their living conditions permanently alter their bodies and souls.

We need to support Liv & Webb so that they can continue living and caring for each other in this horrible world.

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joselandsallee · 1 year

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I know you’re still walking beside me. I can feel you. ✨ I just wish I could hear your voice one more time.

*Not my illustrations

#love #depressing quotes #sad lonely girl #happy but sad #quotes #i miss u #twinflame #beautiful disaster #griefandloss #stages of grief #alcohol #pancreatitis #i love him #comeback

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mcatmemoranda · 1 year

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#pancreatitis

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