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Thank you for your suggestions. Our biggest concern at this point is just whether or not it seems like the chemo and radiation are excessive, but I like the idea of a second opinion. Hopefully we are on the right path. I’ll keep everyone posted and good luck to each of you!!!
Thank you for keeping up with telling all about the good news! Gives all of us hope and encouragement!
I cannot thank you all enough for all of the encouragement and ideas. I’ll keep checking for any other ideas. I’ll keep everyone posted.
My dad had the whipple done almost 6 weeks ago for CC and seems to me to be eating less that he was when he first got home and is sleeping more. He says he is nauseous and it is hard to swallow, but he has lost at least 30 lbs since this started 2 months ago. He wasn’t a big man to start with. I am really scared for him. He insists he is having no depression and I’m sure it’s hard to be this sick for such an extended period of time. I was hoping someone who’d had the whipple could tell me what to expect. The surgeon has never even weighed him, so except that his skin is falling off of his bones, they won’t know how much. He was taking regalin, but he had so much diarriah, I told him to quit taking it. He was worse before he stopped that. Any ideas? Since we came home from the hospital, he has had no blood work or anything. Is this common? They did put a drain back in a couple of weeks ago because of some leakage, but that is out now. Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.
