Husband's Pancreatitis

I apologize in advance if this response is long. I EMPATHIZE completely! This is a posative response. Dump all negativity as your husband needs you at full confidence, strength and support. That being said, your husband is NOT "doomed". The septis needs to be cured and will be! I would like to refer you to Dr. Douglas Evans (the top pancreatologist on the globe. He works out of Freodtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States) phone 1-414-805-5801. I know this website is in the U.K. but I found it searching for other conditions and thought maybe you, like me live in ths States. If you do not, I still provided his information so that you can call him and if you dont have the means to get to him,he can refer you to the best in your area. 

I myself had 3 very large Pseudo cysts on my pancrease. Chemo from my first bout with cancer did irreperable damage to my pancrese in 2003. However, I lived without pancreatic attacks until 2010. It was only in an "acute" state" for a few months, then the attacks came a few time a week and were updated to Chronic where it remained until May 2014. The last attack should have killed me. They do not know why it didn't. Fortunately the head of my pancreatic team refered me to Dr. Evans within months of my initial attacks in 2010. In his words he said: "John, you are out and above our area of expertise." From then til present Dr. Evans is my pancreatologist. I highly encourage you to at least get in touch with him. He did NOT drain my cysts. He said it would increase pain and not solve the issue. My last attack happened as I took a small swallow of water to wash down pain meds. I immediately felt as though a man with a sledge hammer smashed my left should which left me unable to speak or do anything, that was immediately followed with the intense pain of a regular pancreatic attack. Fortunately my mother was visiting from out of state and witnessed this. She called my neighbor and rushed me to the nearest hospital. I was only there for an hour or so to stabalize me, then was transported directly to Freodtert (Dr. Evans).

He thought my spleen was dead and assembled a team to enter my groin and go up to my spleen before opening me up. They found that my spleen did infarct but only about half of it died. They put 12 coils on my splenic artery then had me rushed to radiology where they performed an I.V. contrast cat scan. The cat scan should 2 Aneurysms that for whatever reason ( I like to think God was watching over me) didn't explode, portal vein thrombosis along with other smaller issues. They went in put aneurysm clips (about 20), removed my gall bladder as there are connections with gall stones increasing likelyhood of pancreatic cysts and attacks. Dr. Evans said that  I could not survive another attack at this point and started me on Octreotide/Sandostation injections. I took these injections once per month for a little over 2 years. I had to increase my Pacncreatic enzyme intake to 60,000 units 6 times a day as well during this time. They performed contrast cat scans every few months along the way and every scan showed that my cysts were shrinking. Finally after 2 years cysts were very small and they had me stop the injections, lowered my enzyme intake and said: "I'll see you in 2 years for follow up."  During my time with Dr. Evans, I spent much of my life in the hospital and several surgeries as he found cancer (my second bout with cancer and a different type). However, I am very thankful that God put this man on the planet and directed him to me through other fantastic men that I am also thankful for. I hope mentioning God does not offend you! Please call Dr. Evans! Please stay strong for husband. The road is long but very survivable. If you want to exchange personal info ie, phone number and e-mail just let me know. I will be praying for you, him and any and all healthcare proffessionals that come in contact with him no matter what and who they are.