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Kate:
My husband had a resection a year ago and oddly he also lost hair on his head but the hair on his arms and chest grew so fast we had to trim it! I guess everyone is different and as I say now, fat or thin, hair or no hair, I am thankful I still have him. Hope your mum continues to do well. Lainy
YEAH! What great news. My huband had a resection (Whipple Surgery)a year ago and his scan last week was clean! Its a good news week! We LOVE it!!!! Lainy
More good news! Teddy just got the results of his second 6 month CTC Scan. He had the Whipple Surgery 1 year ago. (See our other posts)
Clean and green all the way! The ONC he is using is extremely pleased to say the least. He is also gaining weight, working and golfing. If the weight gain doesn’t stop we will have to buy yet another wardrobe! That’s OK we will take him any way we can have him!
Bless you all and we sure wish we could send some of our luck your way.
Lainy & TeddyI just saw your message and wanted to tell you that we live in Phoenix but when my huband was diagnosed and had surgery we were out of town. He is now under the “surveillance” of Dr. James Cashman. He is the Director of Liver Transplants at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital downtown Phoenix. IF the need ever arose for more surgeries
we know we found our Doctor! Also Banner Good Samaritan has rooms they rent for 55.00 a night. Just all an FYI We wish you much luck and you are in our prayers. LainyHi Kate:
So glad to hear your mother is doing so well. My husband had cancer of the bile duct valve last August and is doing fabulous. They removed his gall bladder, the head of the pancreas, the deuodenum, and the cancer in the valve. The doctor drew a diagram before the surgery and totally prepared us for what was to be and what the outcome could be. The doctor informed us that this is the absolute biggest surgery to the human body. Not life threatening but the biggest. He also said that for this kind of cancer chemo or medical options would not work, it had to be removed. The stent that was inserted before surgery was out after altho there was a stomach drainage tube left in for awhile. My husband did not feel like eating much for a long time and we slowly introduced more and more different foods.
Your mom sounds like a real fighter and that is good as attitude goes a long way toward healing.
Its been 10 months and he still cannot lift heavy things yet otherwise he is working, golfing and etc etc.
It sounds like your mom is on a good road to getting well.
Lots of luck,
LainyCooper:
We are so sorry to hear about your Mom! What a very brave woman she was and you too are very courageous for taking care of her like you did. It must have been very hard for you, but out of this you will emerge a much stronger, wiser and more compassionate Cooper. Thank you for sharing your story with us.Hi Leigh! We are practicallly nieghbors as we live in Phoenix! My husbands experience with this happened while we were out of town and he had to have an immediate Whipple Surgery. On our return last November we continued care here under Dr James Cashman. What a wonderful DR. He is the Director of Liver Transplants at Banner Samaritin BUT he does Whipple Surgeries. Both he and the DR out of town who did the surgery said that chemo and radiation is not the way to fight this…a resection is required. I would definately get a second opinion and start your battle. Its not a pleasant one but with the right doctors you can come out a winner. Its been a long struggle but we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Since this is rare you want to make sure you have a DR who is not second guessing. Should you decide you would like to see Dr Cashman, he and Banner Samaritin are both on the web. Questions? Please feel free to e mail me. We will be thinking of you and your journey.
Mmmm I am wondering if you might call the DR we used when we returned to Phoenix from my husbands Whipple Surgery while we were out of town. The DR that followed up here happens to be Director of Liver Transplants at Banner Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix.
He is young and fabulous and may be able to help. His name is James Cashman and his number is 602 252-3861 Maybe his office can give you some information.hI kELLY:
Thanks for your quick response, however that drug was tried in the hospital and it gave him hallucinations all night long. A nurse had to actually stay in the room. I guess the good news is he is NOT psychotic?? The name escapes me right now but I sure know it when I hear it. The thing is, that not one DR seems to know where it comes from or why.
We were hopeing in time that they would leave on their own. Thank-you.You and your wife have great courage! You obviously have had a good marriage and I just have a feeling this union will go just as well! Best of luck to you both and I will be praying for you!
Congratulations to you! WE love a success story. My husband, 73, had a Whipple August 2005. He is now doing wonderfully. Had hiccups for 5 months but after his T Tube and another tube were removed last Thursday the hiccups have stopped! We are on our way and now will just do surveillance with an oncologist. We were told that chemo and radiation just does not help this kind of cancer. It must be removed. It was and he had a resection. HE had a longer than usual recovery as he had 2 ecoli infections between 2 surgeries! But all turned out well and he may go back to work part time in another week.
We too feel very blessed and love hearing these kind of stories. There is hope!So glad your wife is doing good. My husband had a Whipple surgery OCt 3rd. Still recovering.
We were told that the survivalability was 40% when diagnosed cancer free after the Whipple. Where did you hear that it would return in 3 -5 years? We understood that was mostly if it had gone to other organs…As a Caregiver for 5 months, I am HAPPY to see this site. We still have a lot of recovery goin on but are blessed that my husband, 73 years old, is now Cancer free. We have lived a nightmare since August and I feel like a “cancer bile duct pro”! He had an aborted surgery after 4 hours in August as dye leaked on his pancreas during his endoscopy and destroyed his pancreas. Then he had 2 e coli infections before his “real” surgery October 3rd. We were out of town for all of this, a 2 week vacation turned into 10 weeks. On the plane ride home October 29th the tubes came out of his stomach and I am sure Midwest will never let us on again! In November he developed a hole at the new connection and spent 1 month on IV only, no water, to try to heal the hole. We will know for sure in 2 weeks. The worst is continual hiccups and itching. Any feedback would be appreciated.
