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Whipple procedure: What is the recovery like?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 12, 2022 | Replies (75)Comment receiving replies
Hello @salledell
We have had many members on Connect post about the Whipple procedure. The most recent member is @susan2018, whose husband had the Whipple procedure recently. Also, @marvinjsturing, who has had the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and had a Whipple many years ago.
You might also find some helpful posts in the following Connect discussions. Just click on these links,
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pancreatic-cancer-arising-from-ipmn-pancreatic-cyst/
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/whipple-procedure-and-follow-up-chemo/
Here is some general information from Mayo Clinic's website,
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/living-with-cancer-whipple-procedure-for-pancreatic-cancer/
I'm sure that each person's recovery is somewhat different. If you are comfortable sharing more, is the Whipple procedure something that you have had (or will be experiencing) or are you asking for a friend and/or relative?
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Hi, my mother in law just had a Whipple procedure almost 3 weeks ago due to a cancerous tumor in the duodenum. She is 77 and I worry about her mindset. She's been in pain so long now, years before her recent diagnosis and surgery. Now she's experiencing vomiting, nausea, pain in her upper stomach area. Her cancer is aggressive and we still do not have the full pathology report to see if the cancer has spread to any other organs. Today, we just discovered via CT scan that she has a fecal impaction and will need surgery for its removal. Is this due to delayed gastric emptying? Has anyone else experienced this after Whipple procedure? Currently, she's still at the hospital, has feeding tube, and a drainage tube. She's lost over 40 pounds and still losing weight as well as having muscle atrophy. Are all these symptoms in the "normal" range after this type of surgery? Thank you in advance for any information you can provide and bless you all.