Stomach pain, pancreas valve releases insulin three times normal size. Done X Rays and scan. Is it cancer?
Patient: Hi Dr Last January I was in  the Hospital for stomach pain. It turned out that my pancreas valve that releases yhe insulin was three times the normal size. He was very thorough. He had a sonogram. xrays,rscp scan I think that's what it was. And he put the endoscope ( tube down my throat  0 and said it was fine. Well i've been reading and finding out that pancreatic is almost always fatal. What should I do$ i lost my son to a rare type of brain cancer he got at 14 followed by non hodghkins lymphomia I'm really terrified that this is bad. Im really scared. I have no insurance  And don'y know Doctor: Hi,  Based on the information provided it seems  " like a benign insulinoma" which is a cancer of - Beta cells that produces the insulin, and the surgical removal of those cell mass will be a cure of your problem.   Its not a malignant pancreatic cancer you have been reading about, just a simple tumor that can be removed and 100% cure is obtained.  Now for the insurance issues, some hospital will allow a cheap surgical options, NEEDY MEDS  website will help you to locate such cheap location.Hope it helps.Dr. JAY PATEL