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Weight Loss after Whipple: What strategies helped you?

Posted by gchezick @gchezick, Mar 28, 2022

I have been discharged from the hospital for about 5 days, have so far lost about 30 pounds. including 4 at home. What strategy has been successful for you to minimize weight and muscle loss? Thank you.

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debbiekn | @debbiekn | 1 day ago
In reply to @marilyn85 "I am 84. I had whipple surgery for a cancerous tumor in the duradenum 8 years..." + (show)
@marilyn85

I am 84. I had whipple surgery for a cancerous tumor in the duradenum 8 years ago. During 3 weeks in the hospital I lost 15 lbs. Soon after I lost another 15 lbs. Since then I slowly lost 20 lbs. I was on chemo for two years. There was a time my husband called me an eating machine. I couldn't stop eating, even getting up during the night to eat. But I never gained. I contribute that to the fact that I have 10 - 15 bowel movements a day. The more I eat the more I go to the bathroom.

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Your doctor should have prescribed Creon for you.

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