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  • June 9, 2009 at 6:41 pm #28965
    just_jill
    Member

    Hey Jim, Was thinking about you today! Hope your doing well and on the way home to your own bed soon!

    May 29, 2009 at 11:07 pm #28964
    rosemccusker
    Member

    Hi jim, I have just logged on after a number of weeks. I have just said a prayer for you. My partner (and husband to be!) is visiting in Serbia for the past 10 days. He was diagnosed last Nov 08 and although he had a rough time with chemo from Jan to March, he is doing fine right now. Welcome to this unfortunate club… but you will find many friends and much support here.
    Good luck and keep positive

    Rose

    May 29, 2009 at 10:45 pm #28963
    jamie-d
    Member

    Jim,
    Sorry I am a day late but my prayers are with you today that you have a sucessful surgery and fast recovery. God Bless,
    Jamie

    May 28, 2009 at 9:10 pm #28962
    gavin
    Moderator

    Jim,

    Best of luck for tomorrow, I am keeping everything crossed for you and I hope it goes well.

    All the best.

    Gavin

    May 28, 2009 at 8:19 pm #28961
    marions
    Moderator

    Jim….tons of good wishes coming your way. I will be thinking of you at 10:30 am. Hoping for you to feel the good vibes coming your way.

    May 28, 2009 at 7:23 pm #28960
    tess
    Member

    Best of luck to you Jim, keep us posted!
    -Tess

    May 28, 2009 at 7:01 pm #28959
    darla
    Spectator

    Good Luck tomorrow Jim!

    May 28, 2009 at 6:47 pm #28958
    duke0929
    Member

    best of luck Jim…..ron

    May 28, 2009 at 6:17 pm #28957
    just_jill
    Member

    Hi Jim,

    I wish you the best of luck, and throwing in some prayers to boot! Certainly hope they get it all and its contained. If you have a laptop, take it with you! All the hospitals I was in had wireless connection and it sure helped to pass the time!

    Jill

    May 28, 2009 at 4:51 pm #28956
    lainy
    Spectator

    Best of luck. We have everything crossed-eyes, arms, legs and even ears.

    May 28, 2009 at 4:32 pm #28955
    jknotz
    Member

    Wish me Luck

    My Whipple surgery is tomorrow at 10:30AM (Pacific time)

    Jim

    May 19, 2009 at 5:59 pm #28954
    just_jill
    Member

    Jim,

    Awesome news on the ERCP.

    I wish that I had found this forum previous to my whipple surgery.
    We were told nothing of what to expect after surgery, and as each thing come up, the Dr. would then say, yeah, that is normal after such a procedure! I wanted to smack him. He could have told me beforehand what to expect, and how long to to expect it. Dummy me , was so overwhelmed , I failed to ask about anything!!

    You are going into this Knowing what can happen, as they say prepare for the worst, expect the best! I would not wish this on anyone and as I said, will be sending good thoughts and prayers your way!

    Oh, and the surgeon, wanted me to rush into chemo, before I was recovered from the surgery. However, when I did get in to see an Oncologist, he did not think chemo would was needed.

    I have had two clean scans since Feb. and pray they stay clean!

    Jill

    May 19, 2009 at 4:40 pm #28953
    jknotz
    Member

    Jill

    Have you had an ERCP, yet? Yes, it was done on May 6th and cancer/tumor is localized in the Bile Duct and they do not think its spread anywhere.

    I love Chicken Noodle soup, so I am OK with that! No carbonated drinks will be hard on me at 1st, but it will be OK

    Thanks for the great encouragement

    Make it a Great Day !

    Jim

    May 19, 2009 at 1:25 pm #28952
    lainy
    Spectator

    Hi Jim. I would like to add to the comments here even though I already posted to you. Teddy had a double Whipple (almost 4 years ago)as the first one was aborted after 4 hours. He is 76 and doing fine. He never got nauseous with either one. It is a lengthy recovery so gather up your patience. He takes Prevacid every morning, retired last December, golfs 2 times a week and when people see him they cannot believe what he has been through. The cancer returned where the duodenum used to be last April. He had radiation during the summer and in December had cyber knife and the little monster is gone, again. We keep a watchful eye with monthly LABS and visits to the ONC every 2 months. Bloating is the biggest problem for him but then if he would be more careful with how he eats he would not bloat as much. Stubborn Sicilian you know. Please feel free to e mail me if you have any questions. And please let us know how you are doing.

    May 19, 2009 at 11:50 am #28951
    kristin
    Spectator

    Dear Jim,

    Welcome! We’re so glad you found us. Please come to us with all your questions, and if you just need to vent.

    And, not to contradict Jill, I think it’s important to remember that everyone’s experience is different, and you may find that your healing from surgery goes along a different track. I have a friend who had whipple surgery for a different form of cancer (neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas) and though she lost a ton of weight, she didn’t suffer from nausea and was able to go back to work part time after a couple months. (I think it helped that she loves her job.)

    In the surgery I had, my bile duct, gall bladder, and half my liver was removed. Yeah, I felt like I’d been hit by a truck, but I was up and about after two weeks or so, and working again after a month (I work out of a home office, so that made it much easier.

    All I can say is, expect the unexpected! Some things will be easier than people say, and others harder. But we’re all here for you, so please check back often.

    With my best wishes,

    Kristin

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