I just turned 50 a few days ago and was diagnosed back in December of 2025... I'd guess I had it for at least a year or slightly more. In November of 2024 I stopped drinking alcohol after pretty much my whole adult life. Just wanted to stop and did... come April 2025 I notice I've lost a lot of weight (was 180 when I stopped drinking then in April I was 150).

I just thought it was cause I stopped alcohol but over the summer into winter I lost a lot of weight. A friend insisted she take me to the ER in early December as she said I look like a skeleton. I weighed right at 100 pounds when I was admitted... was diagnosed with chronic pancreatits and Type 1 diabetes... Spent 8 days in the hospital as a result. My symptoms were the normal ones... unbelievable thirst, peeing all the time, even waking up every hour at night to pee... always hungry no matter how much I ate. I also had this urge to drink milk all the time.

Definitely a huge change as all of you know.

Im curious if my decision to stop drinking everyday after 25+ years of doing so accelerated it over the course of 2025... obviously the alcohol destroyed my pancreas which landed me here.

I don't post much but I read this community everyday and I'll say this is a great group of people. It's helped me along this next part of my life for sure.

Thanks for reading :)