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March 20, 2004

Sorry, but this is a somewhat long story...I will try to do the

nutshell version. We have seen two gastro doc's and have more

questions then answers!

My husband( age 25) had acute pancreatitis in June of last

year. We were sent home form er with instructions to rest for 3

days. He never seemed to quite recover from that(pain with eating

etc), when he had another attack 6 weeks later. Again we were sent

home from the er with instruction to rest for one week. Once again

he suffered through pain and fatigue for about 6 weeks when he got

another attack(following a beer). This time he quit his job and

rested for about two months. We stopped eating meat, and alcohol was

sworn off forever. We were sent to a gatro doc the 3rd time. They

did a cat scan/ultrasound of gallbladder, and MRI. There was

nothing unusual. They said " no alcohol " , and cut us loose. He was

still having occasional pain when we went to another doctor in

December. They ordered bloodwork and a cat scan. They said

everything looked fine, and to take Lipram cr-20, and let them know

how that worked. We tried to tell these docs that he had been

having gastro symptoms for years that appear to run in his family.

Belching with almost every other bite of food/intollerance to

vitamins/going to the bathroom..alot. Gallstones also run in his

family, but every doctor refuse a hidascan.(wasn't nessasary, they

said)

He has been taking the pills with meals, and they help somewhat with

the uncontrollable belching....but have started to lose their

effectivness.

When I called to doc to see if he should take 3 instead of

two....they left an answer on our machine saying to stop taking them

when the pills are gone. That was it.

Does anyone who had pacreatitis in tha past have this bechilg with

food/ coffee/ vitamins? Does anyone have any input on the enzyme

pills? I though he would have to take those forever....when he

doesn't take them he can barely catch a breath between the air

coming up!

Any advice/info is helpful...no matter how small. This is so

confusing and frustrating for us. Our insurance expires in a

week....so we are going to have to work this out on our own......

Thanks,

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