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@stageivsurvivor hi. Thanks for your help. I had work ups of every kind by my GI doctor. And I talk to Sabrina at Columbia every few months. I did use Gasx but it never worked. I’ve tried everything for everything. Except Beano which I will try. I don’t have any of those other things. I had test upon test and a recent cat scan. I’m actually going for another consult with a new gi on August 3. I figured it can’t hurt. The only vegetables I eat are well cooked string beans, asparagus, zucchini which I started peeling and mushrooms and fruit only applesauce, diced peaches and I started eating grapes. No others and no salad. I’m on a very restricted diet. Except I am eating chocolate every few days. I gotta live a little. But lately has been terrible. Not to be gross but I am constipated, have diarrhea, gas, cramps all the time and every time I eat its even worse. I tried that Creon dosing thing. I don’t understand it. I take 2 to 3- 36,000 unit capsules with “snacks” and 4 to 5 with meals. I was bad about the Creon before but for the past 10 days I eat nothing without it. One problem I do have is eating too much and too fast at one time. A bad habit. I’m trying to fix that too. But I feel like the doctors are useless. I feel like I’m going backwards.

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@ln100 I used to be a fast eater but after the Whipple procedure, I eat slow, chew thoroughly, sip water as needed during the meal. When I feel full. I no longer force myself to finish what is on the plate. It took awhile before I went back to having sit-down, structured meals. Coming to the realization I was going to have to work at it and keep notes, my GI tract returned to normal and got back to eating structured meals but at a much slower pace.