Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Dear Beth, I was reading your letter to Karyn and wanted to comment on your statement: " ... the more reading I do, it almost seems as though Barry endures less pain with dead tissue of a pancreas than what people with live pancreases deal with. Could this be true? " I have to concurr with this based on my experience. I have had considerably less pain since my pancreas burn-out. In fact, I think if my two pseudocysts were not there, I would be relatively pain-free. After going through 18 months of chronic pancreatitis with a much calcified, yet still functioning pancreas, I suffered many and frequent pain episodes on a routine basis. It started slowly at first, every three weeks, then after several months, every two weeks, then week by week, then eventually the pain became a daily event. Since my DKA and pancreas burn-out, I no longer have those daily pain episodes, and when I do have pain it seems to be directly connected to the areas where my pseudocysts are, not generalized throughout as it was before. I wanted to say how sorry I was that your husband was so unfortunate to end up being one of those rare cases that this had to happen to. Although it doesn't make his present situation any less traumatic or unfair, at least he didn't have to go through several years prior to this of the horrible daily unrelenting pain of CP. I pray that he will stay well and care well for his remaining pancreas and will be spared from future complications. With hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth South Carolina SC & SE Regional Rep. PAI, Intl. Note: All comments and advice are personal opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical consultation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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