@gaylea1
My caregiver/friend has just had the Whipple procedure done 10 days ago. He was very fortunate..they found no cancer. He is doing well so far....of course he has a wonderful caregiver looking after him...lol...me.
Prior to this he had his gall bladder removed and developed pancreatitis along with sepsis. He had 2 EDGs prior to that until the hospital transferred him for an ERCP .They removed a stone in the bile duct and we thought we were ok. Scans indicated a cyst on the pancreas that we watched for about a year. It suddenly doubled in size so we quickly had the Whipple. Dr. was not Mayo but extremely well recognized for the Whipple procedure.
He told me that any disruption of the pancreas can lead to a bout of pancreatitis. Gary had it when he had this latest procedure.
I will always associate ERCPs with pancreatitis. Had we not had the ERCPs, we would not have found the precancerous cyst and he would be having chemo now.
We are very grateful.