# Ever had pancreatitis?  What does it feel like?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-pancreatitis-what-does-it-feel-like/687600 "2014-05-03T20:05:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-pancreatitis-what-does-it-feel-like/687600/21 "2014-05-09T15:26:19Z")

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I had gall bladder surgery in 2010 but they had to wait for my pancreas to calm down- apparently it was pancreatitis.

They claimed later that they found a stone but never showed proof.

I had no pain but I puked all day that day, about every 20 minutes from 9:00 a.m. until about 6:00 p.m. when my husband took me to the ER. I couldn’t hold down water and when I got there they denied me even ice chips for days.

It still flares up every now and then but since I read about people puking for two days and then being okay, I figured that after 2 more hospital trips where they basically did nothing but give me potassium and magnesium for a few days and send me home, I’d just wait it out at home myself and see what happens. I usually stop puking after about 12 hours and am fine after that. I don’t like food too much anymore these days but ice water and slushies are my favorite things in the world. Even when I can’t hold it down I drink it in between pukes - puking water is better than puking pure bile, which hurts like hell. And I recently found I could eat watermelon during this time as well.

So, yeah, a common phrase in my house is “Piss off your pancreas again?”

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