Gas X has helped me (especially around that time of the month <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ), but I would check into a different enzyme or enzyme regimine with my doctor and see if that helps. I took Cotazyme (do they even have that anymore? lol) when I was a kid, and when I was done growing, I stopped taking them. Less gas and better digestion, and gained a few lbs! NOT SUGGESTING YOU STOP THEM- just stating that <i>that </i>enzyme was <i>wrong</i> for me, and my doctor's didn't or couldn't change it for me (this was 30 + years ago), and my parents had been told that bad gas and bad stools were normal for cf. This week, I asked my GI for new enzymes for during my pms week, and I tried one a couple of days ago- no problems <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .
As for the stretch marks- I think pretty much everyone gets them sooner or later. I got mine long before I had my daughter, but didn't really get any from my pregnancy- who knows? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">. Have you thought about a self tanner for the summer? Maybe that would help, if it really makes you self concious <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . I've always worn a one piece because of my scar (it doesn't bother me, but other people can be a little unnerved and uncomfortable- it's a really long scar <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">), and now I wear one that has a skirt or shorts all the time, too, for the convience of, um, not having to, um, shave so often (sorry if it's TMI-lol) since I swim 3 days a week <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .