Re: Concerned Sis: Questions about pancreatitis...haven't been on in awhile

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Dear ,

How old is she, and tell us about her. The more we know the more help

she can get!

Does anyone know how many

> years it takes for chronic pancreatitis to go away? It never goes

away unless the pancreas goes away, or burned out, enough said.

What are the

> treatments other than pain medication? operations and more

painkillers, and a host of pills to keep the body running normal.

How serious does

> this disease get? Dead serious

What can I do to be helpful? Keep her stress free, help her with

things, activity adds to the pain, low-fat diets. A person can go

into shock from the pain, keep a close eye on her during a major

attack. Get her a good GI. Read back as far as possible here. You

will learn a lot! About everything is covered. She needs to be the

one on the learning end. I hope she never has another attack.

Thanks,

> My sis has had chronic pancreatitis since May. She also had a

> miscarriage during this time. So far, they are unable to find out

> what is causing it and she has to get more testing done. She is

> still very sick and in a lot of pain. I have told her about this

> group, but right now I don't think she is up to talkin to anyone

> much. I am very worried about her. I have a lot of questions about

> pancreatitis, and I am gonna ask a few here. I have seen some of

the

> postings talk about end stage pancreatits. Does anyone know how

many

> years it takes for chronic pancreatitis to go away? What are the

> treatments other than pain medication? My sis already had a

> galbladder removed and the ERCP and neither helped. How serious

does

> this disease get? What can I do to be helpful? I drive her to her

> appointments, but I want to help her out more. Thank you for any

> suggestions.

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