Type 3c diabetes: the after-pancreatitis diabetes nobody warns you about
Diabetes after pancreatitis is often Type 3c, not Type 2, and it behaves differently, including a real risk of lows. What to know and what to ask your team to check.
Journal
Honest notes from life with a damaged pancreas. Two hospitalizations, the food fear, the wins and the mistakes. Patient experience, not medical advice.
EPI explained: signs your body still isn’t absorbing fat, even on enzymes
You take your enzymes, so why the greasy stools and weight loss? A patient’s guide to spotting EPI, the test that confirms it, and troubleshooting a dose that isn’t working.
Pasha just turned 17. She had pancreatitis before I did.
On 15 October my dog Pasha turns 17. You might have seen her in my photos: the small white dog with the brown and black head, usually somewhere near my pillow.
The ginger lemonade story
Why a single good non-alcoholic drink can matter more than it should, and where to find our community’s signature ginger lemonade recipe.
The vitamins nobody checks after pancreatitis: A, D, E and K
If your pancreas struggles to absorb fat, it struggles to absorb vitamins A, D, E and K. Here is why they get missed and what to ask for.
TPIAT: the whole pancreas out, the islets back in
I kept hearing the letters TPIAT. So I read the studies: what the surgery removes, who gets it, and what the numbers say about pain and diabetes afterwards.
About 645 a day: the new US pancreatitis numbers, and who actually gets it
About 645 people a day in the US are diagnosed with pancreatitis. New figures on who gets it, why the total keeps rising, and the drinking question.
Chinese medicine has no pancreas. Here’s what it says anyway
What Traditional Chinese Medicine says about the pancreas, next to what Western guidelines say: the 24 hour organ clock, what I kept and what I dropped.
Why they feed you sooner than they used to
Hospitals used to starve the pancreas for days. New pooled trial evidence backs feeding people early. What that means when a nurse hands you soup and you feel terrified.