I had pancreatitis
I’m Finally Feeling Better! I was in the hospital for 6 days. Can you believe that? I was in there for pancreatitis. It’s a painful inflammation of the pancreas. What happened is that my pancreas was creating too much lipase. That’s an enzyme that breaks down fat molecules. When I was in the hospital the doctors made it so I wasn’t allowed to eat or drink for 5 days. They had me on an intravenous solution of basically salt water. Did I get hungry? Yes, but my stomach hurt so bad I knew I didn’t want to eat. So when the pain got intense I pushed the call button to get pain meds. They gave me this drug called Dilaudid. The painkiller did the job and it was injected into my IV. The first time I got the drug I was like, feeling pretty good. It felt cold going into my veins and it worked very fast. I was wondering why the nurse asked me if I had ever taken Dilaudid. And the reason why I think she asked was because I got sent on a 1 way trip to the baloney land of Purple Town. No Joke. Dilaudid is serious stuff. I was in incredible pain and after being pumped full of Dilaudid I was chilling. The part that was lame was that after taking the pain medicine subsequent times, the effect wasn’t as strong. But the Dilaudid still did its job.
When I got to the hospital I hadn’t had a bowel movement for about 2 and a half weeks. So they gave me enemas and laxatives. Those kind of worked but not really. Then on day 4 they gave me this drink called Go Lightly. This drink tasted like liquid wax and I had to drink tons of it. It came in a 1 gallon container and they wanted me to drink all of it. I drank like 5 cups and then puked, then the nurse came in and told me that I needed to keep drinking and that I should have saved my puke so they could measure it. Then I drank more and puked again. But since I hadn’t eaten anything for 4 days I just basically barfed up the liquid and water. It was foamy puke. Then I drank a little more and puked again and then that’s when I threw in the towel and said that I wasn’t going to drink anymore. The nurse then said, “Well, the doctor said you can just sip it until midnight.” And I was like, “Ok, I’ll do that.” But I had no intention of drinking any more of that stuff. Then a few hours later I started to have a bowel movement and it was a watery explosion. That was the case for the rest of the night and in the morning. Then in the morning I got a colonoscopy, which is basically where the doctor sticks you with an anal probe camera and examines your insides. I was put under some sleeping medication when they did it and I remember being in a different place when I woke up. It was kind of disorienting. Then they showed me pictures of my insides and it looked like some kind of alien horror movie set.
But now I’m out of the hospital and I am finally able to eat food and drink beverages. I’m not allowed to eat pizza which is pretty harsh. But at least I’m not in uncontrollable pain.
-Tyler