Pancreatitis Life Expectancy Posted: 10-11-04 14:31pm
My very good friend was diagnosed with
chrnoic idiopathic pancreatitis 4 years
ago. He is in the hospital at least 3
weeks out of every month. Lately, his
hospitalizaitons have been very frequent.
I know he is addicted to the narcotics
they use to treat pancreatitis, which is
dilaudid. He is in complete denial that
he is addicted and I am at my wits end.
It is so hard to help him when I know he
is drug seeking. He visits all of the
hospitals in our valley. There are 5
that he skips around to. My frustration
is the doctors. They just keep on giving
him the dilaudid. No one is willing to
try and help him. The surgeon that
claims to have an 85% success rate in
performing a sugery that will stop the
attacks will not operate on him until his
pain tolerance is low. How can his pain
tolerance get lowered when all of the
hospitals keep on aiding him?
I was reading some things on line about
pancreatits, and one fact I came across
was that most people don't live past 7
years from diagnosis. Has anyone else
ever heard this? Also, do you have any
suggestions on how I can deal with the
doctors and his addiction.
Thanks
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sirwilliamblade
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 5
My Opinion Posted: 10-19-04 00:07am
My opinion (forgive me but I am only 23)
is to call the local hospitals and let
them know what he is doing (skipping from
one to the other to get meds). If they
dont care it is actually against the law
for the doctors to feed an addictions with
meds that are uneccesarry (ie. Deosnt
need 20 of them to last a week). If the
doctors dont care you can try to see if
you can get ahold of the medical board of
directors in your area and report it to
them. The only other suggetstion is
outside help as in a hotline, or maybe
even someone from the department of human
services (which could possibly tell you
where to go with your complaint on the
doctors.) hope this was any help at all.
William
