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I was diagnosed with e.p.i. in guess, late 2022, think. I don’t know if having had a tick on my chest prompted it or if catching h. pylori prompted it. When i used to eat beef / red meat (hamburgers), well, I was having bowel (mild) problems, guess… my doctor suggested creon. I’d been taking 3 daily. He said, “Take 1 with a snack and 2 with a meal.” Which I had for quite a while . Guess it was under more control, until March or last month. When I saw him last summer, he said the 3 daily wasn’t set. I’ve been taking 1 and I have to go see him, now. Going to ask about another dose and maybe about a Digestion Gold. I’m discouraged. Now I’m trying to eat multiple times per day. But you can’t eat 5 to 6 MEALS daily. It “has” to be “snacks” and melas. Such as, a banana or peanut butter cracker sandwiches or grapes. At least, that how I think. 😏🙁🤷‍♂️

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@yankeelisa0669 Hi, I also have EPI and just hate the way it makes me think about my medicines all day. I have a bad habit of leaving the house without them or forgetting to take them even when I have them. Perhaps I’m just trying to ignore the disease so it will go away. I don’t means to be a real downer, but my introduction to EPI was so casual that it didn’t seem real. Oh, well.
I take 2 pills with meals and one with snacks, when things are going the right way. We’ve just moved into a senior residence and the meals aren’t big so 2 with works well. You may want to do some research before you see your doctor so you can formulate some good questions to ask. I have found that most EPI-people have had to do their own research because doctors don’t seem to have a good handle on the disease.
So, educate yourself and advocate for yourself!