Good advice from everybody, esp. Dash & Sweetness.
Best of luck treefrog, don't stop reaching. :-)
Good advice from everybody, esp. Dash & Sweetness.
Best of luck treefrog, don't stop reaching. :-)
Treefrog, Please take your Pancreatitus seriously. A very good friend of mine died from it. He sounded alot like you lamenting about the life change asn thinking it would not effect him. He was a big guy and healthy as a horse. One day he went home from work feeling sick. Something he never did. A little more than a month later after a long agonizing time in intensive care much of the time unable to speak or be concious he passed away.
Loved his spicy food and drinks. In short he like you loved life...Don't we all? I would give alot to have my friend back and would have loved to have him go along with us to Negril if he were still with us. Unfortunately he lift a wife and 2 young children behind as well.
I would focus on what you have and what you would like to do. I would still think you could go to Negril and even visit bars with friends. Most offer juice or soda. Anyone hearing your condition would certianly understand and continue to party with you. I would think the food issue might be more diffacult. I would leave that up to someone more experienced than me.
Don't forget..... Life is the BEST high... Embrace it and use every second you got here man.
I would go to Negril and NOT drink. What would be the point of going to Florida instead? Stay healthy and enjoy wherever you go. I do not like the taste of spicy food but I eat well in Negril avoiding all spicy stuff. You can do it. Get trip insurance too.
Last edited by 7milelover; 10-02-2012 at 10:46 AM.
Negril is plenty of fun without alcohol. Indeed, life in general works quite well without it. Total abstinence can be a tough concept for a lifelong drinker to wrap his head around, but if you do it a day at a time it isn't that hard. (if I can do it, anyone can
and as was mentioned, some of the "other" things besides alcohol...may actually make you feel a little better...I have been on
such heavy painkillers for so long that my stomach is shot, and alcohol is just about to go on the "NO" list.....THANK GOD for the other......
"One of the laundry gals pipes up ,,"LOOK AT DA BLOOD"
"YES,THAT WOULD BE MINE" I said as my leg that at first gave no pain, started dishing it out in large bunches........"
want more read our blog? our first trip.........http://negril.com/forum/entry.php?58...-The-Beginning
Keep Jamaica, Drop the alcohol. YOU CAN DO IT !~~~
Wishing you the BEST of luck !~~
"I'll love you till the stars fall out of the sky "
:cool
Thanks for all the support guys!
I got goosebumps reading all your replys!
Treefrog, hang in there, my brotha! Enjoy the subs, drop the drink...Negril all the way... The really cool thing is that food in Negril is often cooked to order,
so they'll make it like you want/need! Try just one good bite of your sub, then save the rest...That'll give you time to get with the vibe!
Happy Travels!
SKB
Stick with the subs. The paranoia will go away.
I lost my mother inlaw to a pancreatic attack about ten years ago. We were in Negril when it happened. It was the first morning we were there... The hotel manager came running into the restaurant... There is a call for you from Canada... I hope no one else ever has to hear those words. We left that evening. Shortest Negril trip ever. 24 hours.
SO - take care of yourself.
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