Burt has been having trouble getting his sugar under control for about a month now and has been losing weight. He went back to the doctor who told him to increase one of his diabetes medicines. Within days his skin turned a gray color and he had pains in his back. We went back to the doctor, who ordered a blood test and sent him to see an endocrinologist. The endocrinologist took one look at the blood work and said his liver enzymes were off the charts and to discontinue that particular diabetes meds. He recommended an ultrasound of the liver and to see a GI doctor who would find out why the liver enzymes were so high.
We went to see the GI doctor, who is very worried about the weight loss and the pain in his back. He ordered a CT scan, which showed no discernable mass on the liver but the ducts between the liver and small intestine and the pancreas are swollen. The gall bladder and liver are both enlarged. He ordered a endoscopy procedure to go in and look at the ducts to see if they were blocked (possible gallstone).
Today, he called to cancel that procedure and ordered another procedure at Christiana Hospital, a larger hospital a little further away. This procedure, an endoscopic ultrasound, will allow them to see if there's a blockage and to take several biopsies of the pancreas and liver. That worries me. Anytime they say "biopsy" I think cancer. It's been a really tough day today.
