Whipple: May 12, 2010
May 12, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoyToday there is a ray of hope. I woke up tired after a fitful night. I had dreams that scare me now. After I woke up I found myself getting more awake, not necessarily with more energy but more awake than for the last several days. I haven't a clue what is or was going ...
Continue ReadingWhipple: May 10, 2010
May 12, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoySunday night, late. All weekend I have been a participant in a slow rolling train wreck that started late last week. Thursday night I had a couple scotch and sodas. That was the first thing. Friday morning I had really high blood sugars. Like in,the 300s. So I went in to my insulin ...
Continue ReadingWhipple: May 4, 2010
May 12, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoyBefore I went to New York City my niece asked if, since I hated new York already, if I underwent the operation there that saved my life wouldn't I come home and feel better about the city then? I didn't know the answer then so I told her I would probably not ...
Continue ReadingWhipple: May 3, 2010
May 12, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoyMy name is Bill and I have had the Whipple procedure because of pancreatic cancer. It was complicated by the need to resection the Superior Mesenteric vein, a complication that had rendered me inoperable and hence terminal for eleven months. The critical event in that chain of circumstances was the day ...
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