Pancreatic enzymes NORMAL now!! Woo Hoo! Apparently, it was the Lipitor

JanBooth
on 7/24/13 7:30 am - KY
RNY on 09/25/12

I had repeat labs done after having abnormally high pancreatic enzyme levels and stopping Lipitor.  My labs are all WNL, so it wasn't Pancreatitis (didn't really think it was) and it was a side effect of the Lipitor.  I am now down another pill!  This is unbelievable how many meds I was on before and how few I am taking now.  I am loving this second chance that I've been given. 
I am still to have an ultrasound of my liver and abdomen, just to rule things out. 
My next surgeon visit is on my one year anniversary of 9/25/2013.  He says I am doing great!  I think so, too...:)

Janet

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss~
        
Laura in Texas
on 7/24/13 8:08 am

Awesome news!! Thanks for letting us know!! You ARE doing great!!

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

JanBooth
on 7/24/13 9:13 am - KY
RNY on 09/25/12

Thank you!  I'm just so grateful that it's not something serious. 

 

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss~
        
Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 7/24/13 9:26 am - OH

Yay (on both counts)!  I didn't think it was pancreatitis without debilitating pain, either, but you never know!    I had read that some medications could cause high enzyme levels, but never read anything about which ones they were since I knew it wasn't either of the two things that I take

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

JanBooth
on 7/24/13 3:54 pm - KY
RNY on 09/25/12

Thank you!
Yeah, I thought about the pain, too.  Then I thought that maybe the doctor might know something that I didn't...like catching it really early or something?  Just glad it wasn't. 

 

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss~
        
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