After the attack described below, I went in to have my blood drawn the day after I posted. My lipase and amylase levels were perfectly fine. I can't explain why, because that was one of my more painful attacks. I continued to go to work for the rest of the week and slept on the floor during lunch all week. I must have looked awful because everyone commented on how terrible I looked; even the men. They usually don't notice such things. My friend told me the following week that I looked like I was going to drop over dead at any moment. The pain was pretty much under control by Wednesday evening, but I was still very nauseated and did not eat much until the weekend. I had a little yogurt and sips of water. I sucked on hard candy in between. Most of the time I was very nauseated, dizzy, and shaky. Then there was their weird, black poop. That went on for a while after I felt better. It finally stopped a couple of days ago. I am better now. I still have dizzy spells and have to sit down for a little bit; even today I did.
Now, I don't want to sound like everything is all gloom and doom. I have had some periods of time since my little surgery in which I have not felt nauseated. That has been amazing! I am hoping that things will continue to get better. Maybe I just did too much too soon. Perhaps I needed to wait a while for any internal swelling that may have occurred to subside. I am hoping that this may be one of my last entries in the pancreatitis blog. I really need to write some in my other blog so people do not think I have vanished from the face of the earth. Let's hope that I am finally "cured".
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