Hi,
It certainly sounds to me like that is whats happening. I find that my pain is SO severe, I can barely stay away from the hospital. At least there I can get some relief. If you have another one of these attacks, please go straight to the ER. Have them take your blood BEFORE giving you any pain meds. They should be checking for amylase and lipase levels. Unless your already Chronic, these levels should be elevated if your having an attack. If you get pain meds BEFORE they draw blood, this can lower these levels and give a false reading. You can have that test done anytime from the lab too. If you are having pain and it is possibly from a pancreatic attack, those levels could still be elevated.
I have severe chronic pancreatitis. I made it to the ER many times before being diagnosed at a Univercity. The ER kept calling my doctor telling him I was either passing stones or that I was in the middle of a pancreatic attack. My doctor wouldn't believe that because I didn't fit the profile. I am not underweight, I do not drink, I no longer had my gallbladder. I am now in the Chronic phase of this awful disease.
Don't mess around with this. If you believe this is what is wrong with you, ask to be referred out to a GI specialist. If that one doesn't help you, go to another. I knew that pancreatitis was my problem and no one would believe me. Wish someone had earlier.
TazLady