u/Fair_Expert_369

On the 21st of April i spent I went to the hospital for nausea, diarrhoea, stomach pain and just genuinely feeling unwell. After blood tests my results came in with my Lipase at 534 and my CRP at 20. From that they diagnosed me with pancreatitis. After my first night in there i was taken for an ultrasound on my stomach and gallbladder. While doing the ultrasound the lady said she wasn’t able to see much because of the amount of gas that was in my stomach (will get into that further down). I would have thought because of that they would investigate further with a CT scan or something else but instead they decided not to investigate. it says on the medical document they gave me “No duct dilatation, no gallstones. Limited visualisation of the pancreatic head. nil obvious abnormalities, nil further investigation”. After 3 nights i was discharged with no advice on foods to avoid, only told to avoid alcohol for a minimum of 6 months. Reason being i had 3-4 standard drinks at band practice 2 days before going to hospital. My concern is for the last year I’ve been experiencing a resting heart of 110-140bpm after just a couple drinks, as-well as stomach pain here and there. The stomach pain is what i noticed first but it wasn’t severe so i just assumed i just was having a bit of an upset stomach from not eating enough before drinking or being dehydrated. But once i noticed the racing heart this made me cut my drinking down alot. Mind you i didn’t drink often in the first place, maybe once a month, but when i did it would be to get wasted and have fun with my friends. I originally got advice from my doctor because i brung up that alcohol makes my heart race and asked if taking propranalol (10mg) when getting a racing heart from alcohol was okay to do once every blue moon, and he didnt advice i do it often but if its only every once and a while he said it shouldn’t do much harm. So thats what i did for a wee while and it slowed my heart rate to around 90-100bpm resting while drinking. Im a 22yo Male and enjoyed having beers with the boys and kicking on. Im just wondering of all those times that would happen, it was actually pancreatitis flaring up and me not going to get checked for it. Also the past 3 months I have had pretty severe constant belching that doesn’t ease for hours and doesn’t have a specific trigger. I experience it daily. Ive also taken myself to hospital multiple times for chest pain thinking it was my heart and have ecgs, blood tests and even a holter monitor and everything has been shown normal for my heart. has my stomach been the issue this whole time? And considering Ive been experiencing these symptoms for about a year now it is making me think it wasn’t an acute pancreatitis attack. Speaking now im not feeling a whole lot better, My stomach is still having pain, my stools arent exactly normal, and my whole body is aching like a have the flu. Im going to ring the doctor tomorrow to make an appointment, just have to figure what to say to him. but if im being honest the reason im posting here is because Ive had a bit of a cry the last hour thinking my life is changed forever, and the amount of suffering ive been going through. Sorry this is a long post Im just not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed and cant think of a short way to explain all of this. Any advice in the comments if its looking like chronic pancreatitis will be much appreciated, and no need to sugar coat anything, just give me the cold hearted truth. Also if i left any details out just ask me and ill let you know. Thanks everyone and sorry for the long read.