time between attacks

[Guest guest]

May I chime in here. I have been diagnosed with moderate-severe Chronic

pancreatitis and I have NOT been to the ER or had surgery for it for (KNOCK ON

WOOD) 3 1/2 years. Pain? yes. Daily? Yes. I have felt as though a attack were

pending, but never materialized, but not pain bad enough for the hospital.

Before this hiatus, I had been in the hospital more than 10 times and have had

surgery at least 6 times for stentings. But this string of good luck or good

times or my honeymoon period....whatever ya wanna call it...has lasted a good

long time.

Sandy in Ca

-- In pancreatitis , " callen91385 " <callen91385@y...>

wrote:

>

> hi,everyone,

> i hope everyone is doing well today.i just have a few

> questions.i know we are all diffrent in how frequent we have

> attacks/flare-ups

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

Some time back I wrote that same question - how long between attacks -

since I'd been enjoying a long period without really bad pain. I have

to agree with the person who posted that " it's just sleeping, " and

when I let my guard down and ate the kinds of food that I shouldn't

without immediate repercussions, it evidently accumulated. I haven't

been to the ER, and only rarely had to take pain meds, but if I think

CP has gone away, it always comes back.

I noted with interest that you wanted to work again but were concerned

about having to take time off if you have another attack. My

suggestion is to try temp work. I loved it. The variety of different

kinds of jobs, meeting new people, but never being stuck in a

situation that might have gotten boring or dealing with office

politics, etc. I signed on with a couple of different agencies and

learned they all have different policies. One might penalize you if

you didn't accept an assignment (were too ill that week) and another

was more lenient. I took a lot of office jobs, but my favorite was

hostessing at conventions. At the nicest resort hotels, I'd be

passing out programs and registering attendees, helping to set up the

refreshments and giving directions to the restrooms, while meeting

some very interesting people, such as the Writers' Conference where I

got some of my favorite books autographed.

Another suggestion: if you volunteer, you can keep your skills and

make your own schedule where they're very appreciative of what you can

do. It looks great on a resume, too.

Hope today's a better day for everyone!

in Hawaii