History I have had an on and off pain in my right side under my rib cage since about 27 I just thought it was stomach indigestion as it was normally accompanied by heartburn. When I was 35 I had a really bad attack which caused me to double over was taken to the hospital and my blood work showed pancreaititis. They checked for stones I had none and no history of alcohol abuse. The next day my blood levels were normal so they just said to stick to fluids. Moved to Montreal and have had the occasional acute attack but they always just sent me home with pain pills.

This summer I was having attacks at least 3 times a week, they have lessened now but I still have that constant ache in my upper right side.
My attacks consist of indigestion, upper back pain and stomach pain. I have never had fever, vomiting or the other severe symptoms I am reading on this site ( my heart goes out to you that are). I have only had 3 abnormal blood tests and have eaten before all three, my other blood tests were done on empty stomach.

Today I had an endoscopy showing that my pancreas is enlarged & scarred and I have to wait till my Dr appointment to find out whats next.

So my question for the people here is how serious is this? What I'm reading on the net is scarring the sh*t out of me. Would you consider this chronic? Have any of you had the same symptoms and been able to stop the damage?