New pancreatitis patient - needs help!!!

[Guest guest]

I was admitted to the hospital nearly three weeks ago and they are

still not sure what to do with me. I did have gall stones and they

ended up removing my gallbladder. Since then, I have been sitting

around waiting for my amylaze and lipaze levels to drop within normal

limits. They are slowly falling, along with my white blood count,

but they are still high. They won't let me eat or drink until the

pain is going or until the levels are within normal limits. My pain

appears to be gone, but I have many things helping that including an

epidural that constantly delivers morphine. We are just new to all

of this and trying to find a sollution and as much information as

possible. The doctors cannot tell me what is going on or even give

me an estimate of when I may eat/drink again or when I may get to go

home. Has anyone else been in a similar situation where the

pancreatitis was taking longer than expected to clear up? Any words

of wisdom for me or my physicians? Any information would be grweatly

appreciated. Thank you!

Kim