A fish in a zen garden: what PancreasZen means
Your pancreas is shaped a bit like a fish. In a zen garden, a stone can stand for a carp in still water. That is the picture behind the name PancreasZen.
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Hope in the pipeline: the drugs being tested for pancreatitis pain
There is still no approved drug for pancreatitis itself, but several are in trials. A patient-friendly tour of what is being tested, including proglumide, and how pain is managed now.
How to read a food label for fat in ten seconds
Read a food label for fat in ten seconds. Serving size, grams per serving, and the one trap that makes low-fat foods look worse than they are.
What’s changed in hospital pancreatitis care
Hospital care for acute pancreatitis has shifted: gentler IV fluids, earlier feeding, fewer routine antibiotics. Why today’s approach may differ from a few years ago.
Putting weight back on after pancreatitis without triggering a flare
Losing weight after pancreatitis is easy. Putting it back safely, without triggering a flare, is the hard part. Here is how I did it slowly.
“Low fat” is not a number, and that is the whole problem
Every pancreatitis patient gets told to eat low-fat. Nobody defines it. Here is why one rule cannot cover both early recovery and stable months.
Chilled Cucumber-Yogurt Summer Soup (low-fat, no cook)
A cold, no-cook, low-fat soup for hot days. Five minutes, a blender, and a bowl that feels like a treat without touching your fat budget.
The discharge papers said low-fat. Then what?
The hospital keeps you alive, then hands you eight words on a printout. Here is the gap nobody fills, and how I filled it.
A new pancreatitis guideline came out. Most of it is about you.
Five gastroenterology societies published new acute pancreatitis guidelines in May 2026. Slower fluids, earlier food, fewer antibiotics, and the follow-up nobody books for you. Plus a free four-page printable.