@becsbuddy Thanks for your response! I didn't mean to give the impression that I would want a different Dr. I think he's very competant and knowledgeable, along with being very thorough. The first round of tests ruled out the obvious disease options, but the elastase was 192, so I was thinking maybe it was just a momentary low and was not convinced of her diagnosis. I had seen the PA, because he was farther out for appointments and I wanted to get in before we left on a month vacation, but the second visit was with him personally, and he ordered not only another Elastase test, but a huge # of other tests to rule out multiple other possibilities. I have one left, which is a colonoscopy to rule out the possibility of anything going on there. I will go through the test, but since he had done one on me just a few years ago, I don't anticipate anything popping up, although this will be a bit more diagnostic than routine looking for cancerous polyps.
I am actually on Zenpep and I do carry them with me, but it is still a struggle to remember to take them every single time I eat anything, and also, I read a lot of contradictory information on how much to take, so will work on that. I tried a Pert caluculator, but it was clear it would work for home cooking where I could measure weight of and control everything I cooked, but not very helpful for restaurant meals. I'm brand new at this so in the learning phase for sure, ha ha