To Tami

[Guest guest]

Dear Tami,

It seems to me to be a mystery why exercise can bring on pancreatic

pain. Like Heidi, I never know whether or not I've actually made

things worse in terms of acttual damage but I do know that I can

bring on pain with too vigorous exercise.....not that terribly given

to this anyway, I have to say.

Occasionally, as a little girl, I would get an attack when I went

swimming for the first time after a significant break, eg. after a

cold spell when I didn't swim. This has also happened in adult life.

I don't do a lot of exercise other than walking a lot as part of my

job. When I go to France in the summer, I always swim a lot, every

day, and that has sometimes seemed to bring on worse pain. Gardening

can do it as well. Even sometimes a vigorous day of housework,

changing beds, moving furniture etc. has been known to produce pain.

Occasionally I've had a very odd phenomenon. Pain may begin almost

as if in my muscles, eg. in the mid-back area, but then has

developed into a pancreatic attck as such.

I simply can't explain this but I know that I have to be careful.

Not that I need a lot of persuasion to be careful with housework!!!

I go easy on the swimming though and just don't swim too hard too

soon when I go into regular swimmimg mode.

With good wishes,

Fliss (UK)