Well, after two days in the hospital and several tests, the doctors couldn't find one thing wrong with Marye. Aside from the cancer in her liver, they said she looks as healthy as anyone. There is no infection, her gall bladder looked ok, the stent was in the right spot, etc. But she still had a fair amount of pain in her side.
So, they figured the pain could be from the tumor doing something in the liver, or even just irritation from the ERCP. Anyway, we started talking about pain management, and it came out that she really hasn't taken enough pain meds to give them a chance to work. She's been taking an oxycodone every night and it hasn't really helped. But according to the docs, you really need to take it more often so it stays on board and can build up in her system. So that's what she's doing. Taking an oxy about every four hours or so, and she seems to feel a little better already. This will be the plan until Wednesday when she sees her oncologist and maybe we can get to the bottom of the pain issue.
It seems a little wasteful that she spent two nights in the hospital, but really, we're glad that she got checked out. She has a high tolerance for pain in general, and this is a new development. So, if she's complaining of pain, I take it seriously. But everything looks ok and she is pretty healthy, considering.
I'll post again after her chemo treatment on Wednesday.
-Chris
