tammy4102

Hi,

    I was just wondering if you decided to go through with the Whipple surgery? My husband had his on May 7th this year, the doctors basically told him it was the only chance he had to beat his Pancreatic Cancer. On our last visit with the Oncologist, she said without the chemo he could expect it back in around 7 months and with the chemo around 14 months. His was what they called a high grade tumor (fast growing from what i have read). It was 3.7cm in size and they said he is stage 2. He starts his chemo on Monday the 30th. He had complications with his surgery that set him back a little. He developed infection and they had to hook up a wound vac to the incision. It helped the healing process a lot. He still has to keep gauze on it because its still leaking, but it is looking better. He is still very weak and gets sick a lot. He cant eat a lot of different foods such as cheese or anything with a lot of flavor it seems. The more bland the better. If you decide to go with the surgery i wish you all the luck in the world for a speedy recovery and success. Its a very rough road right now and hoping it gets better soon.  Tammy

Hi,

    I was just wondering if you decided to go through with the Whipple surgery? My husband had his on May 7th this year, the doctors basically told him it was the only chance he had to beat his Pancreatic Cancer. On our last visit with the Oncologist, she said without the chemo he could expect it back in around 7 months and with the chemo around 14 months. His was what they called a high grade tumor (fast growing from what i have read). It was 3.7cm in size and they said he is stage 2. He starts his chemo on Monday the 30th. He had complications with his surgery that set him back a little. He developed infection and they had to hook up a wound vac to the incision. It helped the healing process a lot. He still has to keep gauze on it because its still leaking, but it is looking better. He is still very weak and gets sick a lot. He cant eat a lot of different foods such as cheese or anything with a lot of flavor it seems. The more bland the better. If you decide to go with the surgery i wish you all the luck in the world for a speedy recovery and success. Its a very rough road right now and hoping it gets better soon.  Tammy

Hi,

    I was just wondering if you decided to go through with the Whipple surgery? My husband had his on May 7th this year, the doctors basically told him it was the only chance he had to beat his Pancreatic Cancer. On our last visit with the Oncologist, she said without the chemo he could expect it back in around 7 months and with the chemo around 14 months. His was what they called a high grade tumor (fast growing from what i have read). It was 3.7cm in size and they said he is stage 2. He starts his chemo on Monday the 30th. He had complications with his surgery that set him back a little. He developed infection and they had to hook up a wound vac to the incision. It helped the healing process a lot. He still has to keep gauze on it because its still leaking, but it is looking better. He is still very weak and gets sick a lot. He cant eat a lot of different foods such as cheese or anything with a lot of flavor it seems. The more bland the better. If you decide to go with the surgery i wish you all the luck in the world for a speedy recovery and success. Its a very rough road right now and hoping it gets better soon.  Tammy