My son has pancreatitis
When my son and his gf came to dinner last week he said that he hadn't been feeling the best and that sometimes he had a hard time keeping food down and some other issues. I talked to him yesterday, and he said he had went to the hospital the day before because he was feeling pretty bad. They did a CT scan, bloodwork and some other tests and told him he has an inflamed pancreas. He said the doctor told him it's from heavy alcohol use. I work in the health field, but wanted to find out all I could, so I googled it. He needs to completely stop drinking or it is not a good prognosis at all.
He said they gave him some meds that will make him sick if he drinks and some anti-anxiety meds for withdrawal and when I talked to him he was totally sober, thank God.
He said that maybe this was a blessing in disguise and he knows he needs to stop since he has a baby coming.
This is some scary stuff.