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Life after Pancreatectomy: How was your recovery?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: May 19, 2023 | Replies (20)

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@huilim

Hi Colleen, sorry if I have duplicated my question. I had messaged you on the private message before I saw your reply here. My sister is still in Rochester... into her 4th month there 😔. She was discharged from the Mayo after a gruelling 42 days post op. I will be flying there to look after her in two weeks (I live in Canada ) and my sister lives in Singapore . she hopes to go back to Singapore early March. It has been a very tough recovery.. she is vomiting a lot and can’t keep anything down.. she had fluid in lungs, infection, internal bleeding.. etc. But I hope that is the worst of it and she is finally out of the woods. We are praying hard! Her spirits were very dampened but is much better now that she is out of hospital and back to the apartment across from Mayo. The most challenging part of all this is nutrition. We don’t know how to manage her food in take without having her vomit. What can she eat and not eat? Sigh...

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I was placed on TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) after my surgery ( I had a modified Whipple and was unable to keep anything down for a while). I'm eating a bit now but still on TPN which means I receive nutrition through a port in my arm. Are they trying to manage her symptoms with medication?

Hi Huilum, how is your sister doing? Has she found some nutrition solutions, foods she can eat, etc.?