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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/avaslash on 2025-11-25 14:59:52+00:00.
This happened last year but long story short I almost died.
It started slowly, with me frequently missing breakfast because of stress, depression, and ADHD. I would get stomach cramps and blow it off. Sometimes I'd get dry heaving but ignore it. Eventually this developed into every morning I would painfully vomit for about 10-30 minutes, usually getting nothing except a little bile and maybe some blood from my agitated esophagus.
I just figured it was bad hunger pangs because sometimes if I ate something before the nausea set in (if it already set in then eating made it worse) it would seem to prevent or delay the onset until later in the day.
I ignored this for over a year and a half. Finally my insurance provider required me to go to my annual physical which was mostly normal except for when leaving I mentioned to the doctor "oh by the way ive been vomiting every morning what do you think thats about?" And she was extremely concerned. She got me blood tests immediately and it turns out my Lipase levels were extremely high. She ordered me to the emergency room THAT DAY and I spent 4 days in the hospital with acute pancreatitis (which is a life threatening disease). I honestly don't know how I managed to stay alive with it that long but I'm grateful we caught it as it could have gotten far worse.
They later on ended up removing my Gal Bladder and finding stones that didn't show on the MRI's so that was a likely cause.
Still, Note to future self and others: Throwing up every day is not normal and you should probably look into that.
TL;DR : Vomited every day for over a year. Ignored it until my annual check up. Found out I had Pancreatitis and almost died.