Question: I have been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. There is a stone in my pancreatic duct most likely from gallstones in my gallbladder that was removed 2 years ago. I started having similar pain in my back after the surgery and when I went to the doctor I was prescribed prilosec. No tests were done. Last year I started having more pain in my back and a persistent bloated feeling after large meals, especially during holiday periods. The bloating would go away when I severely cut food intake. Last summer I started having the bloating and pain much more regularly and also nausea.after eating. I did some research and determined it could be related to the pancreas. I went to the doctor, had blood tests and they came back with a high lypase count, around 160. I was put in the hospital on intravenous fluids for two days and finally had an mri that confirmed the chronic pancreatitis. The GI who briefly saw me assumed it was alcohol related and prescribed a very strange holistic vitamin regimen which I did not follow as on looking up some of them and the units prescribed they seemed excessive and in fact could have been harmful. I concentrated on avoiding large meals and got my lypase down to around 30. I then went to a follow up appt with my regular doctor who had not seen me at all in the hospital. She did not prescribe anything, indicated surgery wasn't necessary, and wanted me to come back after the holidays for another follow up. This was in October. Also I noticed the pain in my side was activated more with exercise like sit ups, but my doctor says it wasn't related.My concern now is that I have recently been having bouts of severe chest pain after consuming sugar, but also a recurring low grade chest pain on a regular basis if I eat anything. I try to not eat for 2 or 3 days and things settle down, but the minute I eat anything I can feel it starting up again. Back pain, sometimes sharp pain in the right side, like I'd been kicked in the ribs, and of most concern, the sharp chest pain. I take an ibuprofen 800 and a couple of aspirin and in about an hour the chest pain subsides. The back or rib pain can last an entire night and up to two days. A heating pad seems to help all three. What is causing this chest pain? It is the most worrisome. If I'm having an episode the chest pain can start or be made worse by running, or some exertion. I have tried to identify triggers by eliminating certain food, sugar, and alcohol but the attacks seem random. In fact alcohol doesn't seem to trigger it much at all, but sugar and protein will. I'm also not sure how long it takes to have a reaction so it's hard to identify the exact cause. The only thing that happens almost immediately is the reaction to sugar. There has never been a diabetes issue. On breathing in there is also small pain as if it were in the lungs as the attacks subside.