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Anyone have preventative surgery for IPMN (not cancer)?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 31 3:57pm | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
Matt
Thank you so much for honestly sharing your insights and experience.
I am having my surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan. It is difficult to process all of this but I have been in surveillance for almost year now and feel it is time, given the fact that 3 major institutions have concurred.
I truly appreciate your good wishes for my 3/4 debut!!! I hope I can touch base with you for emotional support and guidance.
Warm regards
Adele
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Adele,
Dr Soares from MSK NYC performed my surgery a1/17 and did a fantastic job. The nursing staff at MSK is super qualified and very attentive. You are in the right place and hope you have a quick uneventful recovery.
All the best!
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Hi Adele - I'm happy to help. I can DM you my phone number if you ever need to talk. I did also want to mention that I was placed on Reglan after surgery to help digestion for healing and recovery but boy did it make me feel very unhappy and emotionless. It quickly resolved once the surgeon allowed me to stop taking it (and it wasn't the surgery but it was the drug.) Knowing that helps you face it.
The other thing that I think really helped me was taking Impact shakes (from Nestle) before surgery that helped me boost my immune system and helped with healing. I really think it helped me recover and get out of the hospital faster.