How long can you live with this disease?

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Dear Group, this is in ton & was just reading the

posts & came across Fliss's re " end stage pancreatitis " ? I have had

this for about 27 years now although not diagnosed until 1997, or was

in 98'....who remembers? and I am soon to be 57 years & since it

was 90% scar-tissued when I was diagnosed & I continue to lose

weight, I ask myself, & you, how long can one live with this

disease? I'm feeling like I want to travel some place before I can

no longer go, of course I have all these spinal conditons too, but

does anyone really know what our life-expectancy is? I also read

Marks' comment re never ever having a drop of alcohol & will have to

admit I too, have had a watered down red wine at holidays & a beer on

my husband's Birthday ( he could go at anytime as he has congestive

heart failure, coronary artery disease & had a bypass & new mitral

valve last July!! Actually, I've never had any surgergies re

pancreatitis, just pain & it was not from drinking & even my G.I.

actually said she did not think a wine now & then would hurt.....so

do we really know that one drink, once or twice a year would hurt?

If you are an alcoholic, definitely I agree this is a no-no....but

what if you don't know what it is from? I know probably no one has

these answers, but whatever anyone would like to respond to is fine

with me. Feeling very depressed lately, not with just pain, but

more of a feeling of I don't have a life, because of the illness, no

more working & friends that have dropped me, (and have almost no

family anymore & they are very far apart) cause I'm sick all the

time!! Sorry if I'm bumming anyone out, but just need to share.

Love to all....