My husband has recently been diagnosed with bile duct cancer and is scheduled for a Whipple in the new year. He’s also got a bowel cancer which will be operated on at the same time. I’m just sat here now crying, trying to get my head around how life changing this will be for him. He will have a colostomy whilst he heals and we are hoping that will only be temporary but even if that is removed life after a Whipple itself seems pretty different to the active life he leads now. He’s a very fit 69 year old, we loved travelling both home and abroad with our camper van, eating out and generally living our best life and that all seems unreachable again now. Has anybody had both surgeries at the same time and can help to manage some of my fears. I know he’s going to need me to be strong to help him get him through his recovery.
