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Sepsis occurrences following whipple

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 9 9:24pm | Replies (4)
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@ben3

I had my whipple in April 2022. I had infections after my surgery as well. Had to stay in the hospital for also a month. They were fixed with antibiotics. No lingering issues with that.
I lost weight continuously 55lb until I started creon. I am now putting weight back on.
I did folfirinox and the cisplatin. Now on Lynparza. Feel good. Just some fatigue.

My original port can out after folfirinox but my cisplatin port is still in. We use it for dye for scans and blood draws.

Hope you can get you weight stabilized. Best to you.

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happyjack | @happyjack | Mar 9 4:07pm

I have been on Creon for over a year. I was started on it as a treatment for steatorrhea before my tumor was found. I only had my port used once for Chemo as I had a bad reaction. I told other health care workers they could use the port if they wanted and was told they do not use them for blood draws or other things because there is a risk of infection. The port has been bothering me a bit so I guess it could have been infected and I have not had all infection cured. Maybe this round of meds will take care of that.

Glad you are doing well and I hope you keep doing so. Best wishes to everyone here.

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