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I have also found the oncology nurses to be angels. They see us in our pain moments more, it seems, than the doctors do.
How soon were you able to begin chemo after your whipple?

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It was eight weeks. Week one was in the hospital. Week two was at home and I felt the hospital released me a day or two early. As you can imagine, the week at home was hard, but the next week was harder because of my withdrawal symptoms from the narcotics. My experience was that Tylenol and Advil and combination work better than OXY. It took me about two weeks before I could walk an hour a day and even now I can only do 20 minutes on some days. It’s a process. I was able to hit a few golf balls last week but was fatigued quite quickly.