I know this is a very old response, but it has came down to my husband making a trip to the Mayo clinic in Jacksonville. His GI doctor in Atlanta is sending him down there with a diagnosis of pancreas divisum with chronic abdominal pain with no pancreatitus. My husband has already been to UAB and Charleston. There was no report of spincter oddi. His GI doctor is hoping that someone will be sure enough to so in and insert a stent so that digestive juices will flow more easily. There is such a high risk of causing true pancreatitus that its kinda scary. I think he is willing to take the chance at this point. He has had a monthly attack for nineteen months now. He might as well have true pancreatitus. Has anyone had to make this choice? Please help if you can.
I know this may sound like a frustrating question, but how can you be sure that it's divisum? Have they considered SOD (sphincter of Oddi dysfunction), and have you tried using some fairly heavy doses of antispasm meds, or calcium channel blockers? Docs will often not consider an ERCP (with manometry, hopefully) until all the 'drug routes' and other tests have been exhausted. Have they run you through an MRCP yet?
And although I know it may be of little help, are you following a low fat diet?