Re: Hello, new to group- questions...To Jeanette

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanette,

I am sure that no-one will mind if you stick around and ask questions. There

are a lot of

people on this board who are either in your situation or your husband's.

We run the gamut of being a care-giver to someone with pancreatitis to having

mild

chronic pancreatitis to quite severe CP.

The first thihg you may want to clarify is the acutal condition that your

doctors are

describing about your husband. Is he diagnosed with acute pancreatitis or

chronic? I am

assuming acute, from what you have mentioned...but I could be wrong. The

reason it is

somewhat important to distinguish between the two is that there are different

prognoses

(possibly) and different strategies to try sometimes.

Feel free to ask questions.........any kind or any amount. People generally will

try to answer

as best they can.

laurie

[Guest guest]

Thanks for answering,

Unfortunately, he is definitely chronic at this point. Matt (my

husband) was in the hospital for 8 days two years ago with

pancreatitis. I didn't know enough to get things classified back

then, but as the cause was uncontrolled diabetes, and his diabetes

worsened after the first attack, I think it was probably mild

chronic.

Now there is a lot of scar tissue and dead tissue, pseudocysts,

etc. He will be on enzymes. His body appears to be producing

little, if any, insulin on its own.

I knew this was chronic about a month ago, but the doctors in the

hospital made it sound like they could just patch him up, send him

home, and back to life as usual. It was only yesterday, after

talking with a physician's assistant, that I found out more

information.

Unfortunately, I have known that " something big " was coming for

years. Diabetes just isn't a disease you can ignore for long and

get away with it. If this isn't a wake up call, I don't know what

is.

Jeanette

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>

> Hi Jeanette,

>

> I am sure that no-one will mind if you stick around and ask

questions. There are a lot of

> people on this board who are either in your situation or your

husband's.

>

> We run the gamut of being a care-giver to someone with

pancreatitis to having mild

> chronic pancreatitis to quite severe CP.

>

> The first thihg you may want to clarify is the acutal condition

that your doctors are

> describing about your husband. Is he diagnosed with acute

pancreatitis or chronic? I am

> assuming acute, from what you have mentioned...but I could be

wrong. The reason it is

> somewhat important to distinguish between the two is that there

are different prognoses

> (possibly) and different strategies to try sometimes.

>

> Feel free to ask questions.........any kind or any amount. People

generally will try to answer

> as best they can.

>

> laurie

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