On Oct 5 2006 my life long friend died from pancreitus. We hunted together, went to Mopar swap meets all over the southeast, hell we were even assigned to the same Fire truck! I could call him at midnight and tell him we were going on a road trip to pick up a Car, He would raise hell, cuss at me, then he would ask what time he needed to be at my house. If there was ever such a thing as a friend soul mate, we were. I can tell you this it has been 1 year 5months and 6 days. There is never a day goes by that he doen't cross my mind. You get use to the loss, but you'll never get over it.
Good luck in dealing with your loss.