Finally that was a wake up call. Everything has been good since then until yesterday when my stomach started hurting and diarrhea started up. Went to the doc, he tested, and my Lipase level is high again (310). He thinks it's the early stage of chronic pancreatitis, which is irreversible and progressive.

I'm such a degenerate piece of shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37244028)

They could do a stool sample to check how well your pancreas is functioning. That's a decent indicator of chronic pancreatitis.

Things like MRIs and CT scans are shitty at detecting chronic pancreatitis in its early stages because the pancreas still looks normal at that point (even though it's on an irreversible and progressive course). My CT scan shows a 100% normal pancreas.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252757)

I do not have any physical impacts other than hang overs but I drink a shit ton and I know this will catch up to me. Actually, I have felt a pain on towards on my side towards back along waistline. that was a while back. blood tests for this or what?

I'm honest with my dr. and he obviously says don't drinks as much or at all but hes like you don't seem like you want to quite so not sure where this is going.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252972)

And you can't even drink anymore just so you can hopefully stay alive a few more years. BTW, you can't get life insurance anymore, so your family is fucked too.

I just keep drinking and hopefully I'll die sooner and glad I locked in the life insurance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37244936)

why is this TTT disease not reversible? why is the pancreas so shitty.

my liver is completely fine and yet my pancreas is acting like it's 85 years old

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252259)

You still got the Porsche?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252321)

no i sold it for something else. still no kids so i stayed with something with no rear seats

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252600)

If anything, I overstated how much I drank because I'm being hard on myself for being a piece of shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252764)

definitely seems to happen more often to liquor-drinkers but my GI doc said that he has a patient that literally only drank miller light (5-6 a day for about 15 years) and he got it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37459929)

Definitely get your affairs in order

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37252696)

Sorry about your problem. I considered the possibility that mine was chronic pancreatitis and researched it a lot. Sucky prognosis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37253398)

they want to repeat the stool test in a couple months to see if the pancreas continues to head down hill.

in the meantime, my stomach hurts roughly 50% of the time, especially if I eat anything that has fat in it.

GOOD TIMES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37331148)

https://www.prohealth.com/library/astaxanthin-super-antioxidant-comes-ocean-80163

https://www.medpagetoday.com/gastroenterology/pancreaticdiseases/12318

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#37335803)

I’ve seen TS posting recently and I think he has kids now so maybe he got better

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#47038495)

My pancreas probably is messed up to some extent but overall it's okay.

I still need to stop binging on the nights I do drink but in general I've cut back a lot. FWIW, the year after I got acute pancreatitis I quit altogether

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4134552&forum_id=2#47079782)