@casey1959
I had the Whipple December, 2025. I am 78 years old. Same reservations going in, vein and artery involvement. SBRT radiation shrunk tumor away enough to attempt surgery, but the surgeons still did a preliminary look, before performing the Whipple and I was informed of this. My first question when coming out of anesthesia was " Did they do the Whipple?" It has now been 3+ months, my CT scan of this week looks good and PSA is at 25. The surgery took about 7 hours, and there were at least 3 surgeons involved with a couple on stand by. I was in the hospital 10 days and didn't leave the house for a month during recovery. It's definitely a big deal surgery, but I'm glad I did it Yesterday I did a huge burn pile, 12,000 steps on my watch. I did a lot of praying and putting it in God's hands. Things just seemed to fall into place. I have been very involved in my treatment decisions and have a binder full of scan results etc , but ultimately, it was in God's hands.