My boyfriend died from an acute pancreatitis attack caused by alcohol. He was 23 years old. He was drank excessively for probably the last 3-4 years he was alive and would have been classified as an alcoholic. I post this to emphasize the fact that this CAN kill you. I know that it may seem difficult to give up alcohol, but your heath/life should be your number one priority.
Nine days cin a terrible hospital bed on IVs and Morphine made me a non-drinker. I might not mind dying, but I am not going to die like that. Take it serious folks. Sometimes fatal.
Same story, alcoholic, 35 y/o female, hospitalized in August for pancreatitis--my levels were around 7-8000 so I was in for a week on dilaudid, no food or liquids, but anorexic/bulimic to go along with it so I'm sure that didn't help at all.
Anyway, what I'm confused about is that they said since I was, in fact, drinking at the time, it was caused by alcohol, and on the CT, they just happened to find I have gallstones and need my gallbladder removed soon.
I'm not taking any chances, as I am definitely terrified of the pain AND seriousness of pancreatitis--a doctor said 10% of patients with levels that high die. But am still a little confused on the findings. Are my family and the doctors stressing the alcohol part to keep me from drinking in the future, or are they for real saying the gallstones are present but did not have anything to do with this episode?
Thank you, "guest" on 5/5/09 for reiterating that this is a life-long issue. I am terrified that as years go on, no further problems, I will start to think it's alright again to have a drink here or a drink there. I think the blessing is that beginning to drink heavily again was kind of a fluke--my dad died, I lost my job, everything seemed to happen at once--and that I am not in the height of my alcoholism or very very young. I could see where you'd feel like you are missing out, especially if you are in college or just young in general, but at this point, I've done my share of drinking, been to rehab, explored the "world of drunk" enough to know it only brings negative consequences in my life. But that does not mean I don't crave it from time to time...
But I still have not had my gallbladder removed yet, and wonder if I am walking a fine line every day, and could possibly have another attack.
But I want to issue a warning to everyone, who is shockingly, even being an alcoholic myself, talking about drinking so soon, at all, again. You can live with one kidney...you can get a piece of liver...you can live with partial lungs...but you CANNOT live without pancreas, and don't forget the pain! It was the sickest I've ever been in my life! Don't drink again, it's just not worth it. Really. And you'll save money, too.
Good health to all!
I am 27 years years old and i got acute pancreatitis. I started drinking heavily about 22 and i drank Vodka like 5 days a week at least but only at night or after work but it still was alot. So finally one day i was drinking, and i could barely eat anything without getting sick or take shots either i was puking alot. After 5 days or so i woke up with horrible pains in my stomach, i mean painful stomach pains i had to be rushed to the hospital. I decided not to stay even one night at the hospital but i went home with painpills and decided to do this myself. The doctor had told me I could never drink again and my levels at the time were 3200 in the pancreas. I had to stop drinking. i knew it was gonna be tough but i did do it for 34 days i went no alcohol, i was still scared to drink but i did 1 drink and was fine the next day. 2 days later i drank 4 drinks and thats where i am now. So i plan on only drinking once or twice a month after this but if u wanna know how i went 34 days sober it was because my gf stayed with me and went sober with me and together it wasnt so bad it was like rehab with a girl it wasnt that hard to quit drinking because she was there. So if im suggesting if u have problems with alcohol go thru not drinking with a girl, much easier.
I am admitted in the hospital right now for the same thing. I can only speak for myself ,the dr told me not to drink either .The these attack are is painful so I'm not going to try no in betweens,I've made up my mind the alcohol is not worth this pain. Now I just need to learn on what else I need to do for myself to eliminate these attacks. I wish you the best!
I am 21 years old and have been drinking since I was 17. I would only drink during the summers when I would go to Europe. However, I've had a mumber of episodes where I crossed the limit and was forced to vomit. This past August I drank alot as one of my friends had a baby. I drank 7 straight glasses of Jack Daniels. I ended up throwing up that night and the next day. I had abdominal pain for 2 days whoch dissapeared, ever since then I have had mid abdominal pain come about every two weeks. The pain lasts for several days and nothing alleviates it. I have had endoscopy, ultrasound and blood work done that came back negative. I'm wondering could my pancreatitis have been missed. Does your pain last for days and what have you noticed seems to help? Thank you!
I have been in hospital for three months with acute pancreatitis unlike most I have read I'm 18 and would appreciate even a lie saying I could drink
I was drinking vodka. A shot of vodka one afternoon and I had instant pain and ended up in the hospital for 4 days. Deff no more vodka for me. I would like to have a occasional beer or 2 but im not even sold on doing that. Vodka did induce my attack so hard stuff is out for sure
Response to What To Do: Get a third opinion. Talk to an expert in the field, not an ER doc or a walk in doctor. 6-12 beers (esp 12) is excessive.
Response to What to Do: Get a third opinion. Talk to an expert in the field, not an ER doc or walk in doc. 6-12 beers (esp 12) is excessive.
Why take a risk with your life?
Why take a risk with your life?
Please don't let your life turn out like my dad.....
My father who is 55 has had acute pancreatitis for the past 10 years due to alcohol abuse. He has also developed a addiction to Dilaudid as a result. He pops about 8-9 4mg pills a day and has been doing so for about 3 years. He was a heavy drinker his whole life starting from when he was 13 or 14. At one point his drinking was so bad he was drinking about 15-18 beers a day. To keep the story short he has never stopped drinking and has instead gone from drinking beer to just drinking cheap hard liquor. The reason for this primarily is because its cheaper and it gets him drunk much quicker. He is in the hospital about once every 2 months due to his pancreas and now internal bleeding. The alcohol abuse has also started causing him to bleed internally and he will poop blood for days until he gets so dizzy from loss of blood he has to go to the hospital and get more blood. His pancreas is in such bad shape now that he can barely eat anything. It causes severe pain every time he eats. He doesn't get any nutrition from what he eats and he looks like hes about 80 when hes only 55. He weights only 130lbs and is 6'0 tall. He also looks very grey, he has no color to him.
This life style cannot be sustained. He will eventually die. Acute pancreatitis can be a very slow death. He has destroyed his marriage, and basically every relationship with anyone hes ever had. He is literally alone. No one can stand to watch him kill himself on a daily basis. He refuses to quit drinking, in fact he doesn't even want to quit. It's at a point now that even if he did quit his health wouldn't get any better anyway. The damage is done. Do yourself a favor and stop drinking for your family and for yourself.
My father who is 55 has had acute pancreatitis for the past 10 years due to alcohol abuse. He has also developed a addiction to Dilaudid as a result. He pops about 8-9 4mg pills a day and has been doing so for about 3 years. He was a heavy drinker his whole life starting from when he was 13 or 14. At one point his drinking was so bad he was drinking about 15-18 beers a day. To keep the story short he has never stopped drinking and has instead gone from drinking beer to just drinking cheap hard liquor. The reason for this primarily is because its cheaper and it gets him drunk much quicker. He is in the hospital about once every 2 months due to his pancreas and now internal bleeding. The alcohol abuse has also started causing him to bleed internally and he will poop blood for days until he gets so dizzy from loss of blood he has to go to the hospital and get more blood. His pancreas is in such bad shape now that he can barely eat anything. It causes severe pain every time he eats. He doesn't get any nutrition from what he eats and he looks like hes about 80 when hes only 55. He weights only 130lbs and is 6'0 tall. He also looks very grey, he has no color to him.
This life style cannot be sustained. He will eventually die. Acute pancreatitis can be a very slow death. He has destroyed his marriage, and basically every relationship with anyone hes ever had. He is literally alone. No one can stand to watch him kill himself on a daily basis. He refuses to quit drinking, in fact he doesn't even want to quit. It's at a point now that even if he did quit his health wouldn't get any better anyway. The damage is done. Do yourself a favor and stop drinking for your family and for yourself.
I was an alcoholic from the ages 19-29. I was hospitalized for acute pancreas reasons too. I was a Guns N Roses fan and knew that Duff Mckagan had suffered from this too, the whole band were alcoholics and as they were my heroes I foolishly followed in their footsteps, drinking almost a gallon of whiskey a day and if I didn't have any whiskey then I had ten bottles of wine that day. I was a drug addict too which worsened that condition. I'm told if I have another drink then I will die for sure or do any more drugs will have the same effect. I have found that mountain biking puts me of alcohol if I'm honest. I often find myself in deep thought and realise i have been riding for 8 or 9 hours straight. I am in a band as I grew up idolising people in bands,I am still in the band but can't celebrate good gigs with them any more, its devastating for me...I just don't believe it...never, ever! I thought it would be best for you to know my story because i have don't drugs where as you haven't, i don't know how much you were drinking or exactly how long for but that is me and i'm not aloud. I don't know why i didn't mention this. But for a few minutes i was techically dead in my friends house, they called an ambulance who shot adrenaline into my heart. To answer your question though, ask a very very experienced doctor and ask for proof and make sure there proof is true. I am sure you wont be able to go out partying any more binge drinking but i don't know if you can ever have one drink again but i can't
Listen to your second doctor bro Stop drinking completely because I have pancreatitus and any more drinking now can kill you forget getting sick. Believe me I did the fool bro and tried to be sneaky with a little Tequila mixed in some Juice. It wasn't even a lot and I was sick for almost 1 jmonth thank GOD and the pain was so excruciating that you wish you were dead because it feels like torcher. Now I just had a friend who passed away just recently from pancreatitus and he was just diagnosed with it.
So I guess he thought one more night drinking wouldn't hurt. He told everyone including his mom's this was his last night drinking and it really was. Because he didn't wake up in the morning Bro all I can say is GOD Bless R.I.P Carlos Kent.
i suffered from cronic pancreatitis and i was in intensive care for 4 weeks my organs were shuting down. i was put in a self injuced coma, i had to stop drinking for 1 year at least for my liver to recover. which was caused by to much bozz for a space of 10 years. the doctor and specialist said i could never drink again. i was in a lot of pain for 2 years afterwards and i said to myself why not have a drink because i was still getting the pain, i have been drinking again since then i still have pain but no worse than it was when i wasnt drinking for 1 years and its now 10 years since then. dont go over the top and only drink in a period at max of 3 hours not 2 to much___
i suffered from cronic pancreatitis and i was in intensive care for 4 weeks my organs were shuting down. i was put in a self injuced coma, i had to stop drinking for 1 year at least for my liver to recover. which was caused by to much bozz for a space of 10 years. the doctor and specialist said i could never drink again. i was in a lot of pain for 2 years afterwards and i said to myself why not have a drink because i was still getting the pain, i have been drinking again since then i still have pain but no worse than it was when i wasnt drinking for 2 years and its now 10 years since then. dont go over the top and only drink in a period at max of 3 hours not 2 to much___