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There's no surgery for it. I go to the hospital, get tested, admitted 99% of the time because you never forget the symptoms, and for 3-7 days (on average) I am on IV fluids and pain killers. I hate everyting about it. Even the morphine because it makes me feel itchy and irritable, and it only keeps the pain at bay for like 30 minutes every 4 hours. I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything the entire time. I'm fine without food for a week, but even with IV fluids I get super thirsty. I usually charm one of the nurses into giving me ice chips to suck on to curb the thirst, but I have to spit them out when they're melted because anything you try to digest puts stress on your system and the whole point is to rest the pancreas entirely so it can get better.

Even when I'm able to eat again I have to ease into it or I could re-aggravate it. The worst part of it being chronic, as you know, is you can get flare ups for virtually no reason even when you're adhering to a strict diet.

Last time I stayed at the hospital they told me there was a fair amount of necrotic tissue around my pancreas. I got so freaked out they had to give me something to calm me down. Scary stuff when your doc tells you there are no pancreas transplants and you'd be better off with kidney or liver issues because living donors could be in your family, but not for this.
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