An Important Note About My Experience With Pancreatitis: I am not a doctor or a health care professional of any type. This web site records my personal journey and is an attempt to share the information that I find as I look for ways to deal with my Pancreatitis. My First Acute Flare Up So,… Read More »
Knowing the signs of dehydration is important when you have a disease like Pancreatitis. Since one of the first things that we do with a flare up is stop taking food and water it’s important to know when you are dehydrated. If you are trying to handle a flare up at home you need… Read More »
If you are like me you probably head to a self diagnosis site on the Internet first when you have a new symptom show up. But have you ever wondered how accurate these symptom checker sites are at diagnosing your illnesses? When you are already suffering from an illness like Pancreatitis and have some new… Read More »
I think that the biggest mistake that we can make as patients with Pancreatitis and Doctors is assuming that they always know more about it than we do about the subject. I mean after all – they do have the white coats and have spent years going to medical school so you’d think that they… Read More »
I was reading some very poignant posts in the Pancreatitis groups that I follow the other day and I noticed something. Everyone was telling their stories and asking for advice but no one was asking – Will Pancreatitis Kill Me? I think that part of the reason is that we really don’t want to know.… Read More »