Reply #155: It probably has a little something to do with him being that USAG

[Maddy McCall]

But it could also be a VERY severe case, which CAN result in death.

"In most cases, gallstone-caused pancreatitis clears up within a week after treatment. The prognosis depends on whether the inflammation was bad enough to do serious damage to the pancreas, in turn leading to low blood pressure and damage to other organs. In very severe cases, death can occur.

There are about 80,000 cases of acute pancreatitis each year in the United States, about 20 percent of them classified as severe."


http://www.adn.com/24hour/nation/story/1185215p-8141905c.html

(Let me add that I hate this man with a passion, but I am thoroughly disgusted by some of the disturbingly inhumane death-wish posts in this thread. And, thinking politically, the last thing we need is a fundy martyr.)