Marian started to get some severe abdominal pains on Tue afternoon (20th Jul) and the GP had her admitted very quickly suspecting an intestinal blockage, but that turned out not to be the case. A CT scan on Thu 22nd Jul revealed that Marians pancreas is inflamed.
Apparently there is no clinical treatment for pancreatitis other than treating symptoms and pushing lots of fluids. This is made difficult with Marian because her veins are resisting IV access and even although the medical staff can get a cannula inserted, it just blocks up. So they are achieving some fluid input through a drip simply inserted under the skin.
The source of the inflamed pancreas was suspected to be that her cancer had spread, but the results of the scan do not show any additional tumours so they suspect that the inflammation is due to the extremely high doses and quantities of medication that Marian takes.
She is a little more comfortable but still in a lot of pain.
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