Morbid curiosity - differing hospitalization times?
hey all! long term pancreatitis haver here. diagnosed at 10 y/o, currently 35. the tl;dr of my question is this: does hospitalization length differ depending on the cause of the pancreatitis?
the long of it is this: I recently had an endoscopy to check out my pancreas since it had been ages since I had one, and it sparked a conversation that I didn't get to finish with my doctor. I was having a lot of anxiety about the procedure since the last time I had an endoscopic ultrasound I was already hospitalized with a flare up and the procedure made my pain a lot worse. I was nervous that the procedure would spark a flare up so I talked to my doctor about my concerns. thankfully he let me know that the chances were extremely low since he wasn't planning on doing any biopsies unless absolutely needed, and even then it would only up my risk factor to (his words) 1%. not sure if any of that is true but it made me feel better in the moment so there you go. I wanted to ask if I DID get a flare up because of this, how long he would expect me to be hospitalized for, but we got off track and needed to get the show on the road so our conversation ended shortly thereafter.
typically my hospitalizations last around 2 weeks, if I can get out before that day 14 mark then I'm very happy. I've had complications in the past and my longest hospital stay was something like 52 days, it was horrific. back in 2022 I had a pancreatitis flare up when I had a gallstone, and thankfully my condition improved majorly a few days after my gallbladder was removed, so that was a very short hospitalization.
when I was a kid they told me there were several causes for pancreatitis. alcohol, blunt force trauma, hereditary, etc etc. (I have mine due to a genetic mutation, so fun this luck of mine lol.) anyways, I'm morbidly curious about the healing times and if they differ depending on the cause. like if somebody got slammed in the stomach and that somehow caused them to get pancreatitis, would that take longer or shorter to heal on avg? obviously everything is flexible and there are no clear cut answers... but I wonder? if anybody has insight I'd love to hear it!!
hope everybody is hanging in there and if you're not pain free now then I hope you get some relief asap. thanks everybody!! 💕
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