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Oncology surgeon ordered an Endoscopic Ultrasound with a fine needle biopsy to identify insulinoma and check for cancer.
Procedure or Surgery
Doctor doing the EUS decided in his wisdom that neither pancreatic lesion was an insulinoma or cancerous, so he didn't do biopsy.
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Disagree Minimal Recovery: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Neutral/NA -
Hospitalized for 72 hour fast to check insulin and sugar levels. Results indicates an endocrine tumor, an insulnoma, which secretes excess insulin causing chronic severe low blood sugar.
Procedure or Surgery
A 72 hour fast is a controlled fast in a monitored setting. Basically, you are forcing your body to respond to no food for as long a...
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Agree Minimal Recovery: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree -
Chronic, severe hypoglycemia caused by Endocrine tumor- Isulinoma.
Oh No
0 CommentsHypoglycemia(low blood sugar) has become life threatening in the last two years. Finally found a doctor who would listen. Started te...
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Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
In Jan. '16 I had major surgery:. A partial liver resection to one lobe, tutu or removal to the other lobe, distal pancreatectomy, s...
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Neutral/NA Minimal Recovery: Disagree Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree -
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Discontinue Treatment
Decision Point
0 CommentsNon-responsive to all treatment for more than 2 months...
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Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
Waiting for whipped surgery on April 14th.
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Not Specified Minimal Recovery: Not Specified Minimal Side Effects: Not Specified Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Not Specified -
Chemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Completed 12 cycles of Folfirinox; fatigue and peripheral neuropathy biggest issues
0 CommentsEasy to Do: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree -
External radiation
Radiation
5 days of SBRT (Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy)
0 CommentsPainless Experience: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree