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reamc, Stress! Might I suggest a gun to the temple? Not. Actually you seem to fit right in with the number of Cfers who are too busy to be sick. It is the short story of my life and I am convinced there is some mechanism behind this. I believe for many of not most Cfers, their condition places their bodies on high alert, either from pain, nausea, infection and a host of other issues that turns on the fight or flight boost nearly full time. This is why I always suggest having T levels checked. My current GP has treated me for nearly 15 years, his best friend for the 15 years prior. The first of these doctors used all his diagnostic mite to resolve a diagnosis. In the diagnostic process, he continually found high levels of T and adrenilene. I was even tested for theocychroma, a pituitary, or adrenal tumor causing the over production of epi. I am teetering on CFRD (cystic fibrosis related diabetes). I use a little yoga here as well but Printer is CFRD and if he is willing, this was a question I have for Printer. Like pain, sometimes when the pancreas dies, you become an instant brittle diabetic, somewhat diabetic, or not. Printer may be solid on the statistics and I too would wonder if probabilities are quantified for CFRD.

Years ago I saw an endochronologist (Endo) who by definition make brain surgeons look dumb. MD with a doctorate it biochemistry for openers. I like this doctor, he was entirely human and we could converse at a level I relish. His humor was the best. After complaining bitterly about how unbelievably painful my pancreatitis was, he suggested I have it removed! What? Do you mean that?. He dryly answered, that it was an option but I would need to become an expert in digestion and diabetes because several times a day I would be making life or death decisions. After some semi-serious discussion, it was clear that as long as I could manage the pain, it would be best to keep it as long as possible, noting that removal was no assurance of the pain going away. It was a desperate time for me, I was not getting relief from my pain, issues upon issues. I had purchased and read "Final Exit", a treatise on self dispatch, in our conversation, I mentioned the book. He gave me more succinct instructions, were I to put an end to it. Understand, I am a generally happy person. I understand way more than I want about mental illness and depression in particular. I have lived an outrageously incredible life, more that any five people could dream of and it has been an examined life. When I go, I am ready. To explain a little, I have Parkinson's disease now and though you would have to ask me to know, other health issues have placed me in a position where someday I will decide it is time to go. Medicine has the ability to keep my health issues at bay, but at a point, I will become someone else if I don't stop it. This conversation was ten years ago so nothing is on the horizon. But I was somewhat amazed that my pancreas was technically not a vital organ anymore. Printer is living proof, and if he can eek out some information of how well this is working dynamically and from a quality of life point of view, it would be fascinating to read.
 
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