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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Extreme, persistent pain can lead a person to make dramatic decisions, including getting rid of the painful body part.
That's what Vincent Nasser, 28, of Squirrel Hill decided to do last summer.
Entering his senior year at Penn State University six years ago, Nasser began feeling pain and discomfort in his mid- and upper back and his stomach, especially after eating.
In time, doctors diagnosed him with idiopathic pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas with no known cause. After graduation, he took an information-technology position. But sharp, stabbing pain in the back and torso, sometimes radiating to the legs, required heavy-duty pain medications each day such as morphine, oxycodone, Percocet, Vicodan and Dilaudid.
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2014/08/04/lifestyle/health/820416.txt
That's what Vincent Nasser, 28, of Squirrel Hill decided to do last summer.
Entering his senior year at Penn State University six years ago, Nasser began feeling pain and discomfort in his mid- and upper back and his stomach, especially after eating.
In time, doctors diagnosed him with idiopathic pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas with no known cause. After graduation, he took an information-technology position. But sharp, stabbing pain in the back and torso, sometimes radiating to the legs, required heavy-duty pain medications each day such as morphine, oxycodone, Percocet, Vicodan and Dilaudid.
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2014/08/04/lifestyle/health/820416.txt