Re:pancreatitis] Henry to Heidi You are right!

January 2, 2004

Dear Heidi,

You are right! When I went back and re-read your old post to me I saw

where you laid it out clearly that your Chronic Pancreatitis came a couple

of years or so BEFORE your pancreatic burnout and brittle diabetes. I feel

so foolish. I'm sorry that I mixed it up. I guess like said the

other day, " narcotics make me dumb! " Also, my printer is broken and I used

to print out messages so I could refer back to them easily while typing my

reply without mixing up dates and names ect. Please forgive.

But your sure right about that being a very sudden panc. burnout and

brittle diabetes diagnosis. It sounds like it almost took your life! Gosh.

You and your family must have been in shock when you were well enough to

understand what had happenned to you so suddenly. My diabetes is not as

severe as yours and like I stated before, it was a good six years after my

C.P. diagnosis in 1990. As far as the vision issue goes, have you had any

bleeding in your eye requiring laser treatments? My neighbor is 66, has had

brittle diabetes, type one, since age 28, and has had alot of that eye

trouble and even had to have a kidney transplant, which her sister most

lovingly provided. She has a hard time of it, but provides me an excellent

example of keeping a positive attitude and putting problems I have in

perspective. Can't always live up to that example, I feel lonely and blue at

times like when I see healthy friends having a good life and enjoying

themselves, but we all have our own burdens and there is always someone who

has it worse than I do, so I really do try to keep things in perspective and

avoid the blues if possible. Sending and recieving e-mail here is a big help

in that department. It always brightens my day when I see a reply so I can

re-reply. :-) I do hope that Carole got my e-mail and will reply soon. She

seems so much better than I remember from before which really makes me

happy!

Like you said so well, we are all individuals with different case

histories and symptoms even though we have the same disease. How true!

Again, I'm sorry for my goof. I really do get things confused sometimes

which another good reason for me not to drive, and to get my printer fixed.

Be as well as you can be. I'm sorry that you've had such a rough time of it.

It's nice that you have your husband there to support you as you deal with

your disease.

Your Pancreas Pal,

Henry

> Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should not be

> substituted for consultation with a medical professional.

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