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An update on my story. My dear Tom succumbed to the cancer on April 20, 2023. He never recovered from the botched whipple procedure. There was a bad connection (a crimp) and he literally starved to death. I hope your situation is more positive.
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I am so very sorry for your loss and the tragic way it happened. God Bless you and your family.
Please accept my condolences on the loss of Tom. How very difficult for you. I would encourage you to post on Connect's Grief/Loss Support Group. Here is a link to those discussions,
-Loss/Grief
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/loss-grief/
You can use these discussion groups to post about Tom, feel free to post about who he was to you and how you miss him. There is great healing in sharing memories after someone has passed away.
Does this sound like something you could try?
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Hello Degleigl,
Were you previously under thread of @tomdecker1117? I’m so very sorry to hear of your loss. Sounds like a stent should have been put in early on. My bestie since high school passed from gall bladder cancer in November 2022 for the same reason. Her dr at Kaiser in San Diego put in a plastic stent in her intestine sometime after her surgery but somehow there was no follow through ultrasound endoscopy after 6 weeks and tissue had grown inside the stent when a metal stent MIGHT have prevented that so she also passed from starvation. I had just undergone pancreatic surgery so I wasn’t able to even visit her in the hospital but her family indicated it was difficult for them not to be able to help her at that stage. Thank you for sharing about your loved one and so very sorry for you. The fact that you posted on this thread shows that he had a great support system from you. Again, will be adding you and Tom to todays prayers.