Stepmummy’s surgery today
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Duzalot….great news. What a quick recovery from a rather delicate and involving surgery she had. Congratulations. I wish for all good things to continue.
I also wanted to point out that John Hopkins has a great discussion board for pancreatic cancer.
http://pathology.jhu.edu/n.web?EP=N&FL=PANCREAS_CHAT
It is not moderated; however is quite informative and is comprised of a great group of people.Hugs,
MarionHi Duzalot,
Great to hear from you again and thanks for letting us know how your stepmums surgery went. And what great news you share as well! It sounds like the surgery went very well indeed anjd this is excellent to hear!
I am sure that the pizza tasted so good and even better, no digestion problems from eating the pizza! Drive, eat and get on with life, sounds like good advice to me!
Best wishes to you and your stepmum,
Gavin
Hi Everyone – Wow! This has been quite a ride. My stepmum’s surgery went amazingly well. She had a modified Whipple (left her stomach alone), as noted before all of her margins were clean. She skipped ICU, went right to a regular room and left the hospital in 6 days. The doc says she is in the top 95 percent and the night before last she at a personal size pizza!!!! She has had no digestion problems whatsoever. A complication did arise – she had a nasty infection at the wound site which can happen in any surgery. I am packing the wound and we are moving right along. The doctor has released her to drive, eat, and get on with life! We are waiting for her to get an oncologist and treatment. We received the final report on Tuesday and here is the strange twist: She actually has pancreatic cancer, not cholangiocarcinoma. The surgeon said that this happens sometimes with the initial Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers – they definitely came through because her surgery and recovery have been excellent.
Duzalot,
Sounds like great news to me! Hope your stepmum will be up and about in a few days. I know you must be so relieved. Sending lots of good wishes your way, PeggyP
Duzalot,
That is wonderful news that your Stepmum was able to have surgery and had clean margins!! I am so happy for all of you. I will pray for a speedy recovery.
-Pam
Duzalot
That’s good news so far and thanks for the update. I had a whipples 2 years ago – after surgery I spent 1 day in ICU and then stepped down to the ward. Don’t be surprised if your step mum is sitting up within a day or two and you may have her home in a week to 10 days (all going well).Good luck and please keep us posted on progress – you are both in our thoughts in this struggle.
Gerry
This sounds like good news indeed Duzalot, thanks for letting us know! Hopefully the following updates will be equally good and please let us know about them!
Hugs,
Gavin
Your Stepmum had exactly what Teddy had with his Whipple! It all sounds good and am hoping for a good recovery! Keep us posted.
Stepmummy went in for her surgery this morning. Surgery began at 9:45am and we are still waiting at 10 minutes to 2pm!! Yay!!! They removed her bile duct, pancreatic head, duodenum, gallbladder and I believe part of her stomach (?? not sure – alot to take in and I didn’t write it down) – the margins came back clean from the first specimen and they are now reattaching everything. The enormity of this is finally sinking in – I’ve been standing in the pool of denial for a while. She did have a full Whipple. She is doing well and I will get another call in a while for more updates. Thank you all for your prayers!
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