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The Dr said two of the 40,000 unit pills with a meal, one with a snack, but when you deep dive, the most accurate way to take enzyme replacements is based on the amount of fat, carbs, etc in a meal. This makes sense to me, as fiber is hard to digest, so it stands to reason that certain foods or types are easier or harder to digest, and also, my big question is "what does a full meal consist of" compared to a snack. . . .some people say you don't need to take them with fruit, but then others say that is a snack, take one.
I'm like you, struggling to remember, but I have read to take the first one with my first bite of food, and then additional spaced throughout the meal, so as to match what our body would do naturally. My husband is like a clock taking his stuff, so he is trying to help me remember, but neither of us is used to me having to take anything, so it's a challenge, ESPECIALLY if we run to grab a quick bite somewhere.
I have my colonoscopy the first week of December, where he will look for microscopic colitis, I believe. I almost canceled it when I saw the low elastane results, which sort of convince me, but you can have both, and I finally decided just to go through with it and let him do his thing. I did make it clear to him that I'd like to be certain about exactly what we are dealing with, rather than a test here or there or try this or that. . . picking out scoops of poop for them was pretty darn disgusting, geeze, but I'll do my share to get on top of this. We spend our Winters in South Texas, leaving after Christmas, so I sort of need to get on with the program and figure out what I can or cannot eat. It's challenging to be out dancing when you never know whether you're going to have to make a mad dash or not, harr.