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Can you stop taking enzymes after the Whipple?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Jul 14 10:34am | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
Hmmm. I have not had a Whipple, however, I have pancreatic insufficiency and take Creon enzymes. It’s my understanding that once you need the enzymes, you need them for your lifetime. I’m not a doctor though. However, if you truly want to know I suggest a Fecal Elastase test which will tell you the answer to that definitively. That is, if you need enzymes or not. It’s a stool test. Good luck.
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@artistrose What I think happens and is possible, is that after the Whipple, your pancreas, and it's ability to produce the enzymes needed for digestion, can recover and get back to functioning as it needs to, over time. As someone wrote, this is dependent at least somewhat, on how much of your pancreas is removed. I will ask about the Fecal Elastase test though. Thanks for the information!