Whipples good idea or not?

Hi

Thanks for sharing , did u have radiotherapy ? My husbands 6 cycle didn’t work and now he is due for radiotherapy but he keeps getting fever , so he is very worried as he is off from cancer treatment for 2 months now . His ERCP has been done now he is always constipated even medicine doesn’t work . Did u face any of this issues ?

Hello Tilly and John, I’m nee here and happy to share my experience. End of June 2020 I had jaundice, turned out it was pancreatic cancer! I had a couple of failed ERPG procedures in July and was referred for a Whipple which I had in August aged 67. I was in hospital 10 days, came home weak as a kitten but determined to walk a little further each day. Six weeks later I started adjuvant chemo which is quite harsh and I’m very fatigued with the side effects, but I have course 8 this week then another 4. Fingers crossed I won’t need radiotherapy but it can’t be as rough as this chemo. To conclude, I was not terribly fit when I had my Whipple but I thank God I had it x

I had my whipples 3 years ago in May. The first couple of months were a bit slow but I soon got back to a near normal.

I have been very lucky I guess but I put weight on easily and am still not yet on the diabetic scale.

I am back to work, I did struggle at first but now can do almost as much as I did before I was ill.

I do manual work as. Builder and kitchen fitter, I still get tired but I am a fighter and will not give in when working.

on days off I love a siesta.

I was told I would not be able to gain weight ( wrong 15st)

I wouldn’t be able to eat a full meal( wrong I can eat a large plate from a Carvery)

I was told I would never gain the strength I had before my illness( ok they said80%, I feel about right with that one)

if I had my time again would I have the whipples? Yes without a doubt!

without that op I would not be here now!!!

it’s not for all but it was right for me.

Dudsy aged 59