May 8 (last week), I had a distal pancreatectomy & splenectomy. There was a 1.1 cm neuroendocrine tumor in the central duct. The pancreas tail was atrophied. The pNET was benign as well as the 15 nodules around the spleen. The surgeon said I was lucky to have found it early (found incidentally). My take; although I am still a little shocked I had the procedure as I had ZERO symptoms, I believe if left to watch it would have only grown and likely become malignant. I am a 52 year old woman in decent shape and will have approximately
5 1/2 more weeks recovery. I’m doing ok, improving a little bit each day. Mainly I have to eat smaller meals because my stomach hurts if I eat too much and I get short of breath, more so towards the end of the day.