To : Re: Gaining weight with panc

October 5, 2005

wrote:

>what I'd like to know is this: Has anyone else actually gained

weight since they got sick?

,

I have, TWICE, like a teeter-totter!! My normal, pre-CP, healthy

weight was always around 126-130 lbs. When I was first diagnosed

in April '01 with CP after having slowly lost weight during the two

years prior to diagnosis, I weighed 114 lbs.

In June of '01 I started on Ultrase MT-20 enzymes (2), and in the

following year I got up to 132 lbs. In January of '03 I went from

132 lbs. down to 98 lbs. by the first week of March, losing 34 lbs.

in two months!! I actually wore a size 0, and they were loose.

In October of '03 I switched to Viokase-16 enzymes, taking 5-6 with

each meal. My weight then was 112, and it took me 18 months to get

back up to my current weight, which now is 128 lbs, or a 30 lb. gain

from the lowest to current.

I eat a normal, semi-low fat diet, probably consuming approx. 40-50

grams of fat daily. I don't have to eat low fat, but have grown

accustomed to it and don't see a need to change. It's about a 20-30

gram increase from what I ate when my chronic pancreatitis was at

it's peak. During the months when I was working so hard to gain

weight, I also took 2 fish oil capsules each day and used whey

protein powder in my food. I don't do the fish oil tablets or

protein powder anymore because I'm a size 4, and don't want to go any

higher and have to buy any more new clothes!! My closet is already

too full with old clothes in three different smaller sizes, but I

don't dare jinx it by taking them to Goodwill.

With the instability of this disease, I know that as soon as I

cleared those shelves, my panc. would do it's thing and I'd suddenly

need all those smaller sizes again, so I keep the old wardrobe for

security reasons.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

Bluffton, SC

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or

opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical

consultation.

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