Pancreatitis

[Lily]

Does anyone on here have pancreatitis? Sunday afternoon I had an attack that was just awful. I was let out of the hospital today. I had to have pain meds in the ER, but after the 3rd wave of pain, it passed. They kept me for observation and also for liquid diet and tests....

CT,MRI, found nothing.

Never was a huge alcoholic....drank on weekends, became a meth addict for 4 yrs in the late 80's and a opiate addict in early 2000's. Never a daily opiate user except for 45 days in 2006 and only norco.

thanks, Sheila

[ananda]

Hi Lilly,

I had acute pancreatitis attacks repeatedly over the 8 years I drank...starting when I was not drinking all that much comparitively speaking.

Check with your doctor to be sure, but I was told I am not "chronic" that there is no scaring as of right now. I was told that repeated acute pancretits could lead to chronic.

It was when I got diagnosised with this that I really understood that alchoholism is not a moral issue but a physical disease....My dr. said it is no longer about what you do drunk or sober, but that your body simply can no longer process alchohol...not even a little bit! Of course I continued to drink and almost died after that diagnosis.

because i couldn't eat or hold down food when I had pancreatits all of my chem levels got outa wack. The one that was really bad was my potasium level which can kill you.

I have only had one episode since about 6 weeks into my sobriety.

I am just grateful there was no scaring and I have a chance to heal and stay healthy.

[nandm]

Hi Lily, welcome to our forum.

I developed pancreatitis in the last 4 years of my drinking. I would have periods where it would flare up, get treated, then go away for awhile only to return. Since I have been sober I have not had any problems with it.