A Patient Has Just Been Diagnosed with Chronic Pancreatitis $80 \%$

A patient has just been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. The patient is underweight and in severe pain and diagnostic testing indicates that over $80 \%$ of the patients pancreas has been destroyed. The patient asks the nurse why the diagnosis was not made earlier in the disease process. What would be the nurses best response?

A) The symptoms of pancreatitis mimic those of much less serious illnesses.
B) Your body doesnt require pancreatic function until it is under great stress, so it is easy to go unnoticed.
C) Chronic pancreatitis often goes undetected until a large majority of pancreatic function is lost.
D) Its likely that your other organs were compensating for your decreased pancreatic function.