my friend had the whipple she is 90 and she had it at 86
it was done in santa barbara
it was a hard recovery but she has had many great years no sideeffects
my friend had the whipple she is 90 and she had it at 86
it was done in santa barbara
it was a hard recovery but she has had many great years no sideeffects
My husband was unable to have the whipple procedure. He was diagnosed in Feb'13 and on 8/29/13 @5:05 while in the hosp., he passed away peacefully in my arms. Please remember our family in your prayers. Luv you all. Maddie (mommy52)
Hi. The whipple is a very big surgery and lots can go wrong. My husband went to supposedly one of THE best hospitals for the whipple to remove a well-defined 4.3 cm mass on the head of his pancreas.
Procedure went very well, but then major complication 3 days out: blood clots in his small intestines. They reopened him, discovered that small intestines had apparently all died, so removed all of his small intestines. He is now on permanent TPN and will never be able to eat food again for the rest of his life. And he has to go thru chemo next.
So, you think you're doing everything right by fighting insurance to make sure your husband gets the best treatment possible at the best medical center possible, and something like this happens!
Sincerely wish you all the best!!
The Mayo Clinic web site has an article which describes the Whipple procedure:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/whipple-procedure/about/pac-20385054
I had a pylorus preserving Whipple at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on 2 June 2015. It took 8 1/2 hours from initial incision to last staple due to my excess adipose tissue, unusual liver topography and difficulty in safely resecting the gallbladder (it was well adhered to the surface of my liver). I have shown no signs of recurrence since. I did have a course of chemo (16 treatments in all) starting 6 weeks after.
I was walking 2 miles a day around my neighborhood by 3 weeks after surgery.