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[YALE]

Yeah man. Are you dead?

[cad424]

Does anyone know Wayne? Do we have an update?

[Vertnut]

Best of luck and I hope everything goes well.

To the doctors, what is it that makes the Whipple procedure so difficult/long? I'm amazed how a surgeon can work on the heart or in the brain and how does working on those areas compare to the Whipple. Is it the location of the Pancreas, the amount of experienced doctors, or something else that makes it so difficult?

I'm NOT a doc, but I think they can only use it under circumstances. In the mid-'90's, my uncle had pancreatic cancer and the tumor was in the wrong spot. It's a VERY precise, detailed surgical procedure.

[jw33]

Best of luck and I hope everything goes well.

To the doctors, what is it that makes the Whipple procedure so difficult/long? I'm amazed how a surgeon can work on the heart or in the brain and how does working on those areas compare to the Whipple. Is it the location of the Pancreas, the amount of experienced doctors, or something else that makes it so difficult?

[Unicorn Jeff]

He's probably splayed open on the table having his tumor dissected right now...

Nice!

[davbrucas]

He's probably splayed open on the table having his tumor dissected right now...

[Zfan]

Get well soon, best of luck in the fight!!!

[jyro]

kick that cancers ass man. you have a laptop to use in the hospital?

[GeorgeG.]

2-3 years!! holy hell...should we start getting biannual cat scans as part of our routine checkups?

Good luck man...I hope to see someone report an update that you're doing fine afterwards.

[davbrucas]

The last was my go to the doctor symptom. Since the tumor grew on my blatter and shut it down my skin and eyes turned yellow. I had been finding myself getting tired easy the last few month but I would just dismiss it as getting old. They said I have had the tumor for 2 to 3 years. The doctor called late yesterday and said looking at the cat scan the tumor and cancer is localized to the Blatter and has not spread any where else.

The fact that the Whipple procedure is even being discussed is good news for you. You will beat this no problem. But, you will wish you were dead the first week or so after surgery. Good luck my man...dont hesitate to call if you have questions that you dont think are being answered.

Check your PM.

[livinglegend_86]

Good luck with the procedure & recovery... I hope all goes well for you and your family.

[wayne fontenot]

Pancreatic cancer usually has no symptoms until it grown to point where treatment is usually difficult, if not futile. But if you do have symptoms, then it would be malaise, fatigue, unexplained weight loss and painless jaundice.

The last was my go to the doctor symptom. Since the tumor grew on my blatter and shut it down my skin and eyes turned yellow. I had been finding myself getting tired easy the last few month but I would just dismiss it as getting old. They said I have had the tumor for 2 to 3 years. The doctor called late yesterday and said looking at the cat scan the tumor and cancer is localized to the Blatter and has not spread any where else.

[davbrucas]

I was really hoping you were about 75. 2 yrs on me.

What symptoms should we all be freaking out over?

Pancreatic cancer usually has no symptoms until it grown to point where treatment is usually difficult, if not futile. But if you do have symptoms, then it would be malaise, fatigue, unexplained weight loss and painless jaundice.

[BradM]

Good luck man, I hope you recover quickly!

[Sean88gt]

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I was really hoping you were about 75. 2 yrs on me.

What symptoms should we all be freaking out over?