Avery’s Story
Avery, 12, share's her story on living with pancreatitis, the ultimate decision on why she wanted the TPIAT, and how her life is now, one year post surgery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pclVzX03wM
Sandra’s Story
My name is Sandra Profitt. I am 60 years old and live in Indiana. My pancreatitis journey began on February 20th, 2012. I was experiencing a lot of indigestion and belching all day. Later in the day I felt sick to my stomach and threw up, followed by a bowel movement. The stomach pain [...]
Kendall’s Story
Kendall’s Pancreatitis Story My first attack happened during an episode of DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) when I was 12 years old. I thought it was stomach pain from DKA, but the attending GI confirmed pancreatitis based on the lab results and my presentation symptoms. Before this first attack, I just had what I would describe [...]
Christopher’s Story
Christopher’s Pancreatic Cancer Story I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on August 26, 2021, marking the beginning of an extremely difficult period in my life. For the first month following my diagnosis, I withdrew into a noticeable funk and opted to watch TV and smoke cigarettes in quiet despair. It took me a bit [...]
Derrick’s Story
My Journey with Pancreatitis Diagnosis My journey with pancreatitis began in March 2016. My first symptoms resembled stomach flu accompanied by some mild discomfort, and a lack of appetite. I did not want to eat much more than chicken soup for a few days. I felt well enough to go to work, but after [...]
Marley’s Story
My name is Marley C., I am in my 20s and live in West Virginia. In October 28th, 2022, at 6:30 in the morning I was in a bad car accident. The injuries resulting from this accident were kidney lacerations, grade 5 liver lacerations, and grade 3 pancreatic lacerations with duct injuries. All the [...]
Elizabeth’s Story
Elizabeth’s Story of Idiopathic Pancreatitis Hi, my name is Elizabeth S., and I have idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. I am 29 years old and live on Long Island in New York. My first documented case of pancreatitis was in September of 2020. When it first started, I thought I had a stomach bug. It then [...]
Brittney’s Story
My story began on April 1, 2022, I had been experiencing abdominal pain earlier in the week and passed it off as severe (yet unusual) period pain. It wasn't until I was having trouble breathing that my boyfriend said it's time to go to the emergency room. The doctors baffled me when they told [...]
Sakshi’s Story
How old were you when you first had your first bout of EPI? I was about 11.5- 12 years old when I had EPI symptoms, but I was diagnosed at the age of 28. This was when my condition has severely damaged and had to be frequently hospitalized. I am 29 years old now, [...]
Rachel’s Story
I’ve had stomach issues for as long as I can remember, however in the last 10 years they got severely worse and debilitating and within the last 3 years it got so bad my day to day functions were hugely impacted. In the summer of 2021 it got so bad, where every time I [...]
