Anniversaries
What did you know and when did you know it? The anniversary of symptoms, treatments, other major events can be a significant part of whippleLife. What’s been your experience as time passes?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )breathe…just breathe…
While every disease brings its own set of challenges, I believe that facing pancreatic cancer and living with the treatments and procedures that can delay or even cure the cancer, is one of the most personally profound experiences a person can have. I believe that due to the ever-present threat of fatality, coping with this [...]
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There are few of us out there…whipple patients…whipple surviors…pancreatic cancer survivors…
What is your experience of having this particular disease and/or living with this major surgical intervention? Have you, do you feel like you’re going through it alone? How are your circumstances like/different from those of others you know or have heard of in [...]
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?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 10 so far )strength / stamina / rehabilitation
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 ( 21 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 )research / clinical trials
Research is ongoing about how to treat pancreatic cancer and different approaches are taken at various facilities around the country. Share information, insight and experience about new research and/or clinical trials in this section.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 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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