kalie

I had a bout with acute pancreatitus in the mid 80's. The pain was horrible - like nothing I'd ever experienced. I was in the hospital for 6 days, most of it a blur because of the need for potent painkillers. Then, it went as fast as it came. Fast forward to Oct. of 08. During my search to find out what was wrong with me, a series of tests were done, including a sonigram of my pancreas. On that test, it showed that I had some psuedocysts in my pancreas and a dilated duct. The nurse told me that was consistant with old injury from the origial pancreatitus, but the doc dx'd chronic pancreatitus. I eat 5 meals a day with no stomach issues and no pain. From what I've fead about this "illness" that's almost impossible. No wonder I have no faith in docs. But. I know how you feel -I will always have this nagging fear of developing cancer of the pancreas, and hope they find a cure. Good luck to both of us!

I have had pancreatitus 5x in the last 8 years I was in the hospital 4x with it. It is very painful and I had a strong pain killer. The only thing you can do is go on a liqued diet for about 4 days. They are not sure why I get it, I thing that it is because I don,t always follow the gluten free diet. and when you don't follow the diet your internal orgians get inflamed and that is where the pain comes from. I have some very good Dr's, I have found out that I do need to stay on the gluten free diet. I do feel a lot better. Kalie