Re : More questions - sorry!

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Hello again!

I too have often reacted to fresh fruit even though it is normal to

point to fats as the main culprit. I am fine with bananas and even

apples...usually.....but anything acidic can play havoc.

Strawberries (my favourite) and plums are a definite no-no for me.

Yet I'm sure it's the pancreas, not stomach or duodenum, which are

affected.

CP can be diagnosed on symptoms alone but often isn't! The problem

is that definite visual signs often do not start very early in the

development of the disease. For example, I was having horrible,

frequent flare-ups in the mid 1980's and was in some sort of pain in-

between for about 98% of the time. A CT scan in 1988 still showed

no damage, as such, to the pancreas. Again symtpoms of CP can be

similar to those of other conditions.

Only last year did they discover, in a new CT scan, that I had an

atrophied pancreas and extensive calcifications throughout the

pancreas.

With good wishes,

Fliss (UK)