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Happyjack,
I also feel like I was able to do many things I liked when I was young and healthy; although a broke college student for many years, however with income from sale of my home I have a bit to splurge now. I typically stay away from fat just because it’s so unhealthy. I did go on Creon for about 6-7 months after my surgery, but I no longer take it now. Protein shakes are a great resource following chemo sessions when I don’t feel like eating any heavy type foods. I buy my own vegan protein, almond milk, and Hersheys powder cocoa and 3 ice cubes and blend. I like to make a lot of my own food since I know it’s free of most additives and preservatives. I try to drink 1 shake per day but if I don’t , I’ll eat eggs and low sugar Chobani yogurt to try and get my share of protein for the day.
I also wish you much more quality time to spend with your sons and hopefully for a cure!

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Fat is required for us all. I do agree that a lot of us, and me included, do eat more than we require and the fat that is not as good for us. I like it all. Meat lovers pizza all the way to olive oil egg white veggie omelet. And even a fresh salad dry with no dressing, and then back to Hog wild for BBQ. I take no fat Greek yogurt and add unsweetened apple sauce to it for a no fat breakfast with skim milk and toasted oats cereal. Then every once in a while, have bacon and eggs with potatoes and biscuit and sausage gravy. We do need fat and the Mayo Clinic provides a more specific range: 44 to 78 grams of fat per day for a 2,000-calorie diet2. And I love olive oil for chili and pizza I make. Had I not been able to digest waxy veggies with vitamin K my cancer would not have been found. They would still be telling me I was not digesting fat and getting the nutrients I needed from fats just because I was old. Again, the key part is that we need nutrients from fat.

I do now have a surgery date of July 12th for the Whipple. I hope that afterwards I will be able to get away from the Creon as it is expensive. And it does not work as well as I think it should.

And I do wish for a cure for all cancers. Take care and best of luck to everyone going forward with this.