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@yellowdoggirl1 , Your first discovery of pancreas offers your best opportunity to avoid a bad outcome,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989783/

Discussion: Monitoring a Pancreatic Cyst?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

Thank you for this helpful info. I had asked my GI about genetic testing and he...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989160/

Discussion: Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMN) with symptoms

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 31, 2023

After I had Whipple surgery in 2019 the dietician suggested adding coconut to food for extra...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/988417/

Discussion: Weight Loss after Whipple: What strategies helped you?

Support Group: Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)

Posted: Dec 29, 2023

Thanks. PC has made me diabetic type 2. I will have to learn how to balance...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/985313/

Discussion: Weight Loss after Whipple: What strategies helped you?

Support Group: Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)

Posted: Dec 22, 2023

Hello Teresa, Thank you very much for the quick response. The doctors told me that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/984784/

Discussion: What's recovery after distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy like?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 22, 2023

Creon is to be taken with food, not in advance. If you are taking it along...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/983476/

Discussion: Creon and stomach pain

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 19, 2023

I discovered my diabetes the same time I was diagnosed with PC 26 months ago, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/978134/

Discussion: Type 1 diabetes after pancreas removal: How to regulate?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2023

my wife Teresa had a total pancreatectomy in 2018, the first year was very difficult for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/977475/

Discussion: Foods after Pancreatectomy/Splenectomy

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 9, 2023

Did they do a biopsy on the liver spots, or only the pancreas? What was my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/968827/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed with pancreatic mass — What questions to ask?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2023

Just checking in to see how your husband is fairing with his treatments and side effects?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/952336/

Discussion: Diarrhea frequently during Chemotherapy

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Oct 23, 2023

"How do they know it's dead?" ;) That would be my first question. My second question...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/939966/

Discussion: Has anyone left a dead tumor in?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Oct 1, 2023

There are five Rx pancrealipase brands sold in the US- Creon, Zenpep, Viokace, Pertzye and Pancreaze....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931755/

Discussion: Is anyone taking Zenpep rather than Creon? If so what foods work?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 18, 2023

I couldn't tell you if it meets the legal criteria for malpractice, but in 20/20 hindsight,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931070/

Discussion: Dilation on pancreas- what should have been done?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 16, 2023

Thank you beths77. I have had my symptoms exacerbated by stevia, so that is not an...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/917711/

Discussion: Chocolate &/or sugar cravings Stage IV Pancreatic AdenenoCA

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 23, 2023

Oh it was quite the journey. 1 st surgery was July 31,. I was on standard...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909810/

Discussion: Experiencing pancreatic fluid leakage post-op: How long does it last?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 8, 2023

I also have the same stomach problem. When it is serene I drink broth to rest...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/907466/

Discussion: What are other survivors doing about pancreatic enzymes replacement?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 4, 2023

@aceman66 Chronic constipation 5 weeks post-Whipple is surprising to me; I'm almost jealous! Seriously though, if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/906524/

Discussion: What are other survivors doing about pancreatic enzymes replacement?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 2, 2023

I was on a supplement for pandemic enzymes, company is Megeagetics. My oncologist was against it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/896499/

Discussion: What are other survivors doing about pancreatic enzymes replacement?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2023

I started on Creon about five years ago and was taking one 24,000 capsule per meal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/884159/

Discussion: Return of exocrine function?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 24, 2023

For me it’s been the enzymes. My weight never changed during chemo, plus I was told...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/878685/

Discussion: Is anyone taking Zenpep rather than Creon? If so what foods work?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2023