anyone know anything about pancreatitis?

One of the common classes of high blood pressure meds - ACE Inhibitors- can cause pancreatitis. Do you know if Barnett was treating his high blood pressure?

I lost a friend to pancreatitis last year. She had a horrible attack out of nowhere about 3 years ago. Her coworker called an ambulance and she ended up have a huge exploratory surgery. She was in and out of the hospital for months. For a year she was on a feeding tube. This last time she went in she was there for 7 months. She died during a surgery, it turns out her bowel had died from damage caused by pancreatitis. She was in so much pain all that time. She was a former addict/alcoholic.

My cousin has battled pancreatitis for a few years now. He's almost 38 and an idiot. By that, I mean that he hasn't quit drinking entirely and when he has an attack he goes into the hospital but he leaves without actually dealing with the issue (as soon as they have it settled down he's AMA). Supposedly he's eating better, but all I know is what he says (and since the attacks continue, he's still doing something to trigger them since there's never been any underlying other medical issue or medication issue). His last attack happened while he was at the deer lease. Did he go in right away? No, he waited until he was planning on coming back home, then went to the ER, stayed in the hospital for 3 days, got out, and was back in at a different hospital less than 48 hours later. You would think that he would want this taken care of once and for all since laying in the bed messes up his back.

I would consider his chronic pancreatitis and not acute at this point. I'm pretty sure I'll get a call one of these days saying he's dead from it.

As others have said, I’ve seen pancreatitis from an obstructive gallstone and subsequent cholecystitis.

I used to care for 3 generations of 1 family that all had pancreatitis. The worst was when the 6yo had attacks. Not everyone develops it because of alcohol.

It is exceptionally painful.