Re: please help..other boards are silent

[Guest guest]

If at all possible, I think you need to make an appointment with a

Gastroenterologist and have this looked into. Be truthful about your

previous alcohol and narcotic addiction, and hope for the best. If

the specialist is at all competent and sympathic, he or she should be

able to help you find out what this is and recommend treatment to

help you. If it is either CP or AP, you would have to give up the

alcohol, and do whatever you need to, AA or counseling or rehab of

some sort, to get yourself off this toxin that only makes the

condition worse. Hard to do if you're addicted, but it CAN be done,

and it's worth it in the fact that it would improve your condition.

Another thing you could be doing now is to limit yourself to a low

fat diet. If the pancreas is damaged, it can't digest fats and

proteins and those of us that have the disease try to keep our fat

intake to no more than 20-25 grams of fat daily. Also cut back on

the red meat, we eat a lot of poultry, fish and lean pork.

Feel free to post again and tell us your name, and how we can help.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

hedonistd wrote:

> I am thinkng I may have a pancreas problem secondary to alcohol

abuse the past 2 years...I have IBS, an intermittant intersussuption

and diverticulitis...but this new pain is WAY worse...right in the

umbilicus...it is radiating to the back,,,down the legs...etc..I am

WAY nauseous..

I only think CP or AP because of the fact that eating hurts like hell

and I have that fast heart beat...the pain is worse than

childbirth...but I get blown off by docs because

PLEASE HELP!!! I cannot live life this way at 37......

[Guest guest]

De,

This may sound dark, but in the face of illness one often has to

embrace the dark. Pain is a great motivator. If your pain is great

it may serve a greater purpose by motivating you to stop drinking

before destroy your life. You know you can do it.

blessings,

Bert