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Whipple Procedure Laparoscopy

Jul 18, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

Hi Christine, Cleveland Clinic indeed had a great Endocrine Surgery Department and you do need a Endocrine Surgeon to perform this procedure. On this site there is a video of a surgeon performing the Whipple Procedure Laparoscopy at Mayo Clinic. Usually this does not really cut down on the surgery or recovery time as the Whipple ...

Truth in Advertising

Jun 16, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

All that stuff I wrote about working in the heat Monday. Yeah, it is all true. I have also spent the last two days feeling like if I felt twice as good the next day it would take me a week to feel like roadkill. Yesterday I was upright for about 4 hours feeling very ...

Chemo, hair and fingernails and PTSD

Jun 16, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

It has been six months since my last chemo, A lot is changing for me. My head is getting clearer. The 'chemo brain' I have known for so long is going away. In its place is a clear appreciation for life around me. Sometimes a little too clear. I get really bothered by the everyday ...

Jun 12, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

Hi Denise, Before making a decision about where to have the Whipple Procedure done do your homework. Things such as how many Whipple Procedures are done at that hospital a year, how many Whipple procedures are done by the surgeon a year, what are their outcomes with the Whipple procedure. Always get a 2ndopinion and if ...

My conundrum has been solved

Jun 5, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

The reason I haven't posted lately is that I have a burning idea inside my head that has flickered into a flame. I am 60. The average early age of pancreatic cancer. I am the family genealogist so I know the ages and causes of death cf almost all my ancestors back to my great, ...

When to fire your Doctor

May 21, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

Firing a doctor is not a situation I do not foresee in every circumstance, but it became necessary in mine. The story starts when I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma. It was in the recovery room when I first heard the word adenocarcinoma. I had it. My response was "Well, that sucks" and I followed with questions ...