Hello Lynn,
My first response was 'Oh, poor you'. We had a Black Lab male that died of this in 1983 at age 8.5. He was *not* a garbage dog, as some of the vets at that time thought they got pancreatitis from eating garbage. The dog food these days is much better than before '83, but he got his dog food and a few table scraps such as veggies.
A few years before he died he couldn't get up one morning because he was in severe pain. We took him to the vet who said he had pancreatitis, didn't give any medication (don't know if they had anything to give then), and told us that he would get these attacks periodically and eventually one of these attacks would kill him. That is exactly what happened. One Sunday in March, when it was still quite cool outside, he went to lay down on the concrete, and would not move. A couple of hours later we took him to the emergency clinic where he died. The vet told us he was burning up (laying on the cold concrete to cool down), and that his pancreas burst and that poisoned his body and he died. It all happened within a few hours.
The amazing thing is that he had come to everyone in the family that morning, before any sign of pancreas trouble, put his head in all our laps, and looked at us. We now figure he was saying his goodbyes to everyone.
I know veterinary medicine has come a long way since then, and I'm sure that your doggie is doing much better than our dog ever did with this disease. I wish you all the best of luck with this!!