ry about your sad news. My husband also died 3 weeks ago with alchol liver disease. Can you tell me if his insurance paid out on his death as my fiends are telling me that my husbands insurance may be void as it was an alcohol related disease. Thank you for any information relating to this and I hope your life gets better.
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i am 18 years old and i drink alcohol almost everyday. at night when i go to sleep, i cant go to sleep because something under my lower left rib cage is severe pain. i cannot sleep it hurts so bad. i just started drinking like 6 months ago too. could this have to do with my pancreas?
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Wow I am glad you are not my husbands nurse. As a nurse you should know that it is in fact a disease and a genitic one that can be passed down. Both his parents where alcoholic's and it passes down. He also does work so you can throw that one out the window as well.
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Patently you shouldn't be a nurse as quite evidently don't appear to know what you are talking about. The latest research shows that 45% of chronic pancreatitis cases are caused by alcohol abuse, the rest i.e 55% are either due to genetic (hereditary) ,idiopathic, autoimmune and other causes.
At the time of the study, investigators analyzed data from patients with CP and controls enrolled in the North American Pancreatitis Study. In the groups, 44.5 percent of patients were diagnosed with CP due to alcohol consumption. And while 26.9 percent had non-alcohol related CP, 28.6 percent seemingly suffered from CP due to an unknown cause.
“One of the more remarkable observations is that in more than 50 percent of patients, alcohol was not considered as the causative factor of chronic pancreatitis,” said Gregory A. Coté, MD, MS, of Indiana University School of Medicine and lead author of this study.
http://www.healthjockey.com/2011/03/15/all-cases-of-chronic-pancreatitis-are-not-alcohol-induced-suggests-study/#
So YOU shouldn't be blaming patients who have developed pancreatitis when in the majority of cases it's not due to alcohol abuse, and indeed even those that do develop it from drinking are now believed to genetically susceptible to it, even when drinking at socially acceptable levels. Genetic evidence for this has been found and additionally only 5-6% of alcoholics develop chronic pancreatitis as opposed to alcoholic liver disease which occurs in 40%, hence this points to a genetic cause/factor. So I suggest you get a bit more educated on the subject before spouting off.
To the posters who have drunk and developed acute pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis you really no choice but to stop drinking as you are genetically susceptible to these diseases if you drink alcohol. Well either that or suffer a very slow painful death from either an acute attack, or the various ways chronic pancreatitis can kill you e.g. diabetes, acute attack or pancreatic cancer, plus some others. If you get chronic pancreatitis you probably wish you were dead anyway as it's one of the most horrible miserable diseases known. It's a simple choice.
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I have to agree with you Mendy. My brother in law has been drinking for the last 30 years and just won't stop. He is a mess. Please stop drinking, you don't understand what it does to the people who are watching you kill yourself.
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Lauritz,
You posted your message over a year ago. I hope you are doing well. My story: I am 49...almost 50. I drank nearly everyday for 30 years! I had to have been one of the most functional alcoholics in the history of mankind. I've always had a good job with a ton of responsibility and kept my act together. Around the age of 42, I started drinking Bourbon. I fell in love with the stuff and drank way too much of it. Would have killed most people I suppose. One month before my 49th birthday...I got hit with Pancreatitis and was hospitalized for 6 days. Doctor ran all kinds of tests and said he couldn't pinpoint a cause. My liver was in perfect condition. I guess I was born with a cast iron liver and a tissue paper pancreas. I kept drinking. Six months later, I was back in the hospital with Pancreatitis. This time, they said it was from drinking and they said I lost 80% of my pancreas. Turns out they were wrong. I did damage it but not that bad. I am done with drinking. I have not felt so good physically in the last 10 years of my life. No AA, no drugs...I just quit. You can do it. Your life depends on it. Good luck my friend.
You posted your message over a year ago. I hope you are doing well. My story: I am 49...almost 50. I drank nearly everyday for 30 years! I had to have been one of the most functional alcoholics in the history of mankind. I've always had a good job with a ton of responsibility and kept my act together. Around the age of 42, I started drinking Bourbon. I fell in love with the stuff and drank way too much of it. Would have killed most people I suppose. One month before my 49th birthday...I got hit with Pancreatitis and was hospitalized for 6 days. Doctor ran all kinds of tests and said he couldn't pinpoint a cause. My liver was in perfect condition. I guess I was born with a cast iron liver and a tissue paper pancreas. I kept drinking. Six months later, I was back in the hospital with Pancreatitis. This time, they said it was from drinking and they said I lost 80% of my pancreas. Turns out they were wrong. I did damage it but not that bad. I am done with drinking. I have not felt so good physically in the last 10 years of my life. No AA, no drugs...I just quit. You can do it. Your life depends on it. Good luck my friend.
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This is going to hit you hard but the only thing you can do is stop drinking. I know its really not what you want to hear but if you don't then make your preparations because you will die and it wont be pleasant. I wish I could say take a pill or other magic cure but this is the reality. You need to start looking after yourself and maybe over time you may heal but Lauritz is right you need to quit and if you can't do it on your own then there are many organisations that can help. All the best and hope things go well. :-D
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Purapan wrote:
Hi Purpan ,Thanks for your post. I am 38 now and drinking for last 12 years , probably in moderation (Around 4 days a week , with one pint of 5% beer every day). For last 4-5 years I am having some problems with my stomach (diagnosed as IBS). Recently I have noticed some discomfort in my stomach area , which seems little different. I am en route to quit drinking now or atleast bring to very low level (1-2 days a week). My Doc says that this amount of drinking is alright, but I am cautious myself. Would this have caused a damage to my body and is there any way apart from qutting drining , which I can do to repair.
lauritz wrote:
Hi there, I am a male who is 46 years old and I am an alcoholic. I have many problems with pancreatitis. What should I do? I don't want to quit drinking. Tell me that I don't have to. Does anyone have similar problems? If there is, could you tell me what to do? Thank you all in advance.
Lauritz,
You posted your message over a year ago. I hope you are doing well. My story: I am 49...almost 50. I drank nearly everyday for 30 years! I had to have been one of the most functional alcoholics in the history of mankind. I've always had a good job with a ton of responsibility and kept my act together. Around the age of 42, I started drinking Bourbon. I fell in love with the stuff and drank way too much of it. Would have killed most people I suppose. One month before my 49th birthday...I got hit with Pancreatitis and was hospitalized for 6 days. Doctor ran all kinds of tests and said he couldn't pinpoint a cause. My liver was in perfect condition. I guess I was born with a cast iron liver and a tissue paper pancreas. I kept drinking. Six months later, I was back in the hospital with Pancreatitis. This time, they said it was from drinking and they said I lost 80% of my pancreas. Turns out they were wrong. I did damage it but not that bad. I am done with drinking. I have not felt so good physically in the last 10 years of my life. No AA, no drugs...I just quit. You can do it. Your life depends on it. Good luck my friend.
Hi Purpan ,Thanks for your post. I am 38 now and drinking for last 12 years , probably in moderation (Around 4 days a week , with one pint of 5% beer every day). For last 4-5 years I am having some problems with my stomach (diagnosed as IBS). Recently I have noticed some discomfort in my stomach area , which seems little different. I am en route to quit drinking now or atleast bring to very low level (1-2 days a week). My Doc says that this amount of drinking is alright, but I am cautious myself. Would this have caused a damage to my body and is there any way apart from qutting drining , which I can do to repair.
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Amitc,
Well, the last thing I want to be is one of those sanctimonous ex-drinkers who go around trying to save the world be telling everyone else how they should not be drinking. I had a blast drininking...I just took it way too far. You know that saying, "You can't see the forest through the trees"? That was me. I was so far gone from drininking, I didn't care what I was doing to myself. I did some damage that will never go away. Still, with that being said, I feel better right now than I have in 10 years or more. No more hangovers, no more shakes in the morning. No more lying to myself and everyone else. It really didn't make sense what I was doing. Getting drunk at night...feeling good for about 4 hours...eating too much...going to sleep and feeling like c**p the entire next day. Just waiting until I could have a drink again. Looking back on it, I was pathetic. If you have been drinking for 12 years...who knows if you've done any damage? How do you feel? Stomach problems are not normal. Your body is talking to you. My body was screaming at me and I just screamed back with more Whiskey. I started having serious stomach pains and was nauseated leading up to my first attack. If your stomach hurts...something is going on. Go see another doctor. Don't cheat. Drink like you normally do and then have them take some blood and look at your liver enzymes. The numbers don't lie. Bottom line: Few people, if any, drank as much as I did and lived to tell about it. Listen to your body and, if you decide to stop drinking...you can stop. I did it...you can too. Best of luck!
Well, the last thing I want to be is one of those sanctimonous ex-drinkers who go around trying to save the world be telling everyone else how they should not be drinking. I had a blast drininking...I just took it way too far. You know that saying, "You can't see the forest through the trees"? That was me. I was so far gone from drininking, I didn't care what I was doing to myself. I did some damage that will never go away. Still, with that being said, I feel better right now than I have in 10 years or more. No more hangovers, no more shakes in the morning. No more lying to myself and everyone else. It really didn't make sense what I was doing. Getting drunk at night...feeling good for about 4 hours...eating too much...going to sleep and feeling like c**p the entire next day. Just waiting until I could have a drink again. Looking back on it, I was pathetic. If you have been drinking for 12 years...who knows if you've done any damage? How do you feel? Stomach problems are not normal. Your body is talking to you. My body was screaming at me and I just screamed back with more Whiskey. I started having serious stomach pains and was nauseated leading up to my first attack. If your stomach hurts...something is going on. Go see another doctor. Don't cheat. Drink like you normally do and then have them take some blood and look at your liver enzymes. The numbers don't lie. Bottom line: Few people, if any, drank as much as I did and lived to tell about it. Listen to your body and, if you decide to stop drinking...you can stop. I did it...you can too. Best of luck!
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first sign yourself into a good detox. theres a shot you can get its called vivitrol. if you drink after the shot you will get deathly ill. they also use it for opiate addiction. trust me it will work. but then you need to get yourself a therapist to deal with what started the drinking in the first place. the shot lasts a month. you also need aa for company and support cant do it alone.all my prayers are with you. i also suffer with addiction so i know how bad it is. it almost seems impossible at times but its not it can be done.
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Hi Leena1, I am 34 years old male. I have been drinking since I was 15 years old. I have been abusing alcohol in my twentys and in the last 2 years have had 3 acute pancrease attacks and have been hospitalised. I share your feelings on how depressing it gets when they tell you that you will die if you dont stop drinking. I have not stopped drinking. In all the information I have read they all tell you stop or you will die. There is no one who will tell you how to manage it like an "UlCER" or "Diabetes". Yes it is a life threatening disease, but what is life without it. Your social life means nothing. I used to drink beers and whiskey. I have stopped that completely and have truned to "SKYY VODKA and PEACH ICE TEA MIX" Obviously with the correct diet. I take Vitamin B tablets in the morning with 1gram of Vitamin C and 1 gram Vitamin C in the afternoon. Stay away from all gassy cool drinks. Touch wood I havent had an attack since. And when I feel like an attack is coming do not eat anything. Take 5 grams of Vitamin C tabs and again in 45 mins another 5 grams of Vitamin C and rest for the day. It will stop the attack from coming. Do not drink for 4 days. This is what sorts me out. I am not promoting that you drink in your condition, but I know how you feel and I felt the same. Everything in moderation and you will be fine. DO NOT BINGE DRINK AND ABUSE ALCOHOL.
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I too, am 49 and have been binge drinking since highschool. I've been hospitalized 3 times in the last year (a week at a time). Last time was March 2012, but, as I started feeling better, I'd drink again. I've been in pain since last 5 days, but couldn't make myself go to the hospital. I just didn't eat anything to let my pancreas rest. I haven't had anymore to drink in the last 7 days. I'm in Culinary school, where we cook with wines which worries me. I'm not a fan of AA, so I am just going to keep up with this forum and read all the "scary" info I can.
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My mum was a heavy drinker not in her younger years but when me nan died in 2003, Me mum started drinkin dead heavily tha carried on for about 8 years. Then in august last year she died of Pacreatitis, so I'd get help if I was you mate
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