Now my other half is suffering Pancreatitis

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What are the odds. I suffered for years with pancreatitis, and now I

am doing good, but my husband has been having an attack for the past

12 hours at least.

Of course he used to get angry at the pain I used to suffer through,

and I'd get the silent treatment, which I got used to, but knew it

was because doctors couldn't work out what the problem was, and it

was happening so often, he just wanted the old back etc.

Problem is he is as stubborn as he is a good man, and I'm at my wits

end. I told him if it's because of the hard times he'd give me,

forget it...I am worried about him going through this pain.

I hope it is just his gall bladder, but I think I would need to have

him knocked out just to get him to the ER. He won't go. He won't

even take one of my Actiq suckers to help him for an hour or so with

the pain.

I am trying to act the tough girl, because the empathizing,

sympathetic, caring and concerned girl isn't getting anywhere...but

then neither is the tough act routine.

Guess I'll just have to be how I always am, concerned and then worry

like crazy that it isn't anything worse than gallstones. He did

admit that he's been going through this since July on and off, just

didn't tell me. I was told he had bad gas or constipation pains, but

he just baulked at my suggestions to see our doctor.

This is what you get when you have a man who's had it drummed into

his head by his father that doctors aren't any good and only harm

you further.