Hi guys.
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm 19, and have been on enzymes since I was diagnosed at age 2. I'm on Zenpep now, 5 with meals and 2-3 with snacks, and have been for a couple of years. They've always been good at keeping me feeling good. I take Miralax once a day, 17 grams. I have excellent compliance with my enzymes, and that hasn't stopped or changed; I generally take them midway through the meal, and always have. What I'm getting at is that nothing med-wise has changed, but in the last 2-3 weeks, I've noticed that my stomach is more screwed up than usual, and have put on about 5 pounds since Christmas. I have never had a problem putting on weight, and had lost some weight when I was sick this fall, but I haven't been doing anything different in terms of eating, other than that I've been eating more. Therein lies my question. I'm not on Prednisone. I'm not on any antibiotics. And yet, I'm starving all the time. Take tonight for example. I ate a Subway for lunch at like 12:30, and then snacked on baked chips all afternoon (more than I should have eaten, I admit.) I took pills. At about 8, I realized that I was shaky hungry, and it came on very suddenly. I went and got chicken and pilaf, and inhaled that. I waited about 15 minutes, but I was still shaking I was so hungry, so I had a bowl of cereal. (I'm a college student, my options were limited. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ) It's now midnight, and I'm STARVING again. I'm wondering if I might be malapsorbing my food? I've noticed that my stools are loose and oily lately, so I've been careful about what I eat, to an extent, and that usually fixes it, but it hasn't. It came to me tonight that the weight gain and the stomachaches and the stools and the hunger might all be related, and I'm too impatient to wait for Monday to call my doctor. Any advice or personal thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mariah
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm 19, and have been on enzymes since I was diagnosed at age 2. I'm on Zenpep now, 5 with meals and 2-3 with snacks, and have been for a couple of years. They've always been good at keeping me feeling good. I take Miralax once a day, 17 grams. I have excellent compliance with my enzymes, and that hasn't stopped or changed; I generally take them midway through the meal, and always have. What I'm getting at is that nothing med-wise has changed, but in the last 2-3 weeks, I've noticed that my stomach is more screwed up than usual, and have put on about 5 pounds since Christmas. I have never had a problem putting on weight, and had lost some weight when I was sick this fall, but I haven't been doing anything different in terms of eating, other than that I've been eating more. Therein lies my question. I'm not on Prednisone. I'm not on any antibiotics. And yet, I'm starving all the time. Take tonight for example. I ate a Subway for lunch at like 12:30, and then snacked on baked chips all afternoon (more than I should have eaten, I admit.) I took pills. At about 8, I realized that I was shaky hungry, and it came on very suddenly. I went and got chicken and pilaf, and inhaled that. I waited about 15 minutes, but I was still shaking I was so hungry, so I had a bowl of cereal. (I'm a college student, my options were limited. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ) It's now midnight, and I'm STARVING again. I'm wondering if I might be malapsorbing my food? I've noticed that my stools are loose and oily lately, so I've been careful about what I eat, to an extent, and that usually fixes it, but it hasn't. It came to me tonight that the weight gain and the stomachaches and the stools and the hunger might all be related, and I'm too impatient to wait for Monday to call my doctor. Any advice or personal thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mariah