u/reeegen

It has now been two and a half years since I was admitted to the hospital. I spent 14 days in the ICU. The rest of the story is in my original post. It is a long read, but the TL;DR is that I am doing well now.

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/pancreatitis/s/twDHFvj9EA

But there is an update.

Last week, I had a full-body checkup, including complete blood tests, a urine test, and an ultrasound of all my organs.

When I went in for the ultrasound, I told the doctor that I had previously suffered from necrotizing pancreatitis. She was shocked that I had made it through and was now healthy. When she checked my pancreas, she was even more shocked and said, “It looks as good as new! You have completely recovered!”

Three days later, I received my blood test results, and I literally have no issues whatsoever. None. All my values are perfect.

This was such a huge relief for me, and I want to say something to everyone who is suffering right now: please know that there is an end to this. You have to put in the work yourself, though. These are the things that I did:

Food

I mostly eat healthy, at least 90% of the time. Maybe two or three times a month, I have some junk food, but for the most part, it HAS TO be healthy. However, I only started eating unhealthy food eight or nine months after being released from the hospital. Please don’t start eating junk immediately after being discharged.

Gym

I have been working out consistently for almost two years. Most weeks, I go to the gym five days a week, although sometimes it is only three days. I have never looked this fit or healthy in my life. I do resistance training, and immediately after that, I walk 5,000 steps. I do this three to five days a week.

Alcohol

Just stop. I have had maybe 12 beers in total over the last two and a half years. That is how little I drink now, and I am going to keep it this way. Rather than telling myself that I have completely “stopped,” I might have one or two beers with friends on very rare occasions. I haven’t had a single sip of vodka, gin, tequila, or any other hard alcohol, only beer. Even then, it is a maximum of two beers in one sitting, and that happens around once every four months.

So please know that this is NOT the end. To everyone currently going through the pain, keep fighting through it. Things will get better.

I needed that slap in the face, pancreatitis. Right now, I am in the best place I have ever been, both mentally and physically.

I miss the old fitbit app

I have used Google Maps and Waze today, I had to urgently get somewhere, both werent working, and I parked on the side and decided to download "2GIS Maps", because I just heard some good things about it before, and WOW its amazing, it shows radars, it shows the lanes, and it works perfectly well.

For some reason the GPS works perfectly fine with this app, while the other were struggling to even understand where I am at.