living / working
How did your surgery and recovery impact your ability to live life as you had prior to the surgery? What challenges have you faced as you try to return to your “normal” activities of life and work?
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How debilitated did the surgery leave you? What helped you regain strength & stamina? What rehab strategies were recommended, worked, or didn’t help? How quickly did you find your strength return?
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A place to share stories of how you have experienced or are experiencing with the immediate and long-term challenges associated with whipple surgery. How did or have your dietary habits changed? Has your ability to perceive taste changed throughout the treatment and post-surgical process? What helped (or didn’t)?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 33 so far )pain
A place to share stories of how you have experienced or are experiencing post-operative pain. How did the pain change over time? What helped (or didn’t)?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )“Recovering from the cure”
Following my Whipple procedure I was repeatedly told by various medical personnel that it was the “most extensive surgery we do.” Of course I knew that ahead of time, but the repetition of the fact and the lack of resources available for recovery seemed at odds with one another. If this was such [...]
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