Re: I'm a newbie.--enzymes

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Hi , welcome aboard. You will find a lot of great info and

support from the members of this board. They have helped me so many

times and I dont think I woul dhave made it without their love and

understanding.

A CT scan is susally the first step, it may not show a lot of what is

going on inside the pancreas itself but it will get a look at the

organ itself to see if there is any swelling or other issues. It can

also rule out anything else that may be going on.

What kind of enzymes are you taking? I always had trouble with them

at first. I take creon but it took a good 6 weeks for my body to get

used to it. They gave me horrible gas, bloating and pain. but give

yourself time, you will get used to it. In the meantime get some

GasX or phayzyme or other anti gas med to ease that discomfort. Gas

can be incredibly painful.

I have had pancreatitis since childhood but was not diagnosed until

about 2 years ago. I was also diagnosed with malabsorbtion first.

It was weird tho, I had lost a lot of weight and my hair turned

bright orange. I had Kwashiorkor disease. That diesease you see on

those poor children in thrid world coutries who are starving to

dealth and they have the swollen bellies and orange hair. Well that

was me, a middle aged professional mother of 3 with Kwashiorkor. Who

knew. I couldn't handle much food and would supplement my diet with

Slimfast, several a day just to keep my strenght up. It did help for

a little while.

Eating small frequest meals may be your best bet. Low fat, ditch all

the processed foods and be sure to drink lots of water. Also a lot

of us take multi vitamins and antioxidents. They really help a lot.

I think if you look on the top5plus5 site you will find a good list

it not I think Heidi may have a list. Oh yeah, and no alcohol of any

kind.

Keep in touch and aks anything thing you want. We talk about

everything on here. If there is anthing else that I can help with,

please dont hesitate.

Warmly,

(SC)