bobrcolorado

Kay – thanks for your encoragement.

Lainy – I appreciate the time you took to explain the road ahead. Your Teddy is also very fortunate. I’ll have to check out Prevacid. I’ve had the NG tube out for a week, and experimenting with nausea medications. So far, I’ve tried Prochlorperazine and Nexium for reflux, neither seems to make a significant difference. I have a few good hours in the day, the rest of the time is spent walking, staying vertical, trying to prevent vomitting.
You are correct – this was a very quick move from the diagnosis to surgery. Although Colorado Springs is not a large city like Denver or Phoenix, we have a large hospital with an oncology group that specializes in Whipples and GI cancers. I was blessed to have a very attentive team working on me. They have all said that my recovery is much faster than most, but I chalk that up to a stage 1 early detection and possibly the fact that I was an avid runner up until the onset of the first symptoms (~Thanksgiving).
As far as questions – do you remember how many days/weeks/months after surgery until Teddy was able to eat without vomitting?

Thanks – Bob