Guest guest Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Hi. I'm new to this--trying to find out what is best for my 23 year old son--he was in the hospital for 12 days with acute pancreatitis before moving to our city last month. Before he left the hospital, dr said tests were normal. He's experienced pain many times since he's been out, has been to the dr who said it would take 2-3 months before pan. was healed and to gut it out. This week it was very bad again and dr was not it office, son was told to go to ER if it was really bad, but he didn't want to unless absolutely nec.--he is presently unemployed, looking for a job but with pain, hasn't been able to do so much, and has no med. insurance, so doesn't want the hospital. Just wants something for the pain. Nurse said they didn't want to give him anything for pain because it could mask symptoms if something else was going on. So we've gotten thru the weekend. Is this pain stuff normal after an attack of acute pan.?? How does one know when to go to an ER or what to do about the pain? We're learning about this slowly, but are frustrated. Can anyone help? Thanks--Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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