First time back in my basement office since June. It is been a long slog. The Whipple itself was fine, but a "complication" in the form of a nicked renal artery spoiled an otherwise well executed Whipple. I bled significant amount of blood into my abdomen before a CT scan spotted the origin of the bleed and "interventional radiology" performed an embolization of the "leak". 10 transfusions followed to get enough blood circulating to keep me alive. The pools of blood in my abdomen required drains for a period of months and pressure from the blood hampered the Whipple recovery. In the midst of all that, I contracted an MRSA pneumonia and required weeks of IV vancomycin to clear it. I'm finally building back muscle lost to atrophy from being in a hospital bed too long. I'm still tethered to a naso-jejunal feeding tube supplying 1800 calories per day. I eat regular food now that it can pass from stomach to jejunum. The Whipple really didn't get to "functional" until mid-August when the first food finally passed though. I'm thankful to be approaching "normal" again. Planning to resume full time employment on Nov 25th.
So glad to see you back again, I had serious doubts the last couple of months you were still with us. Welcome back!
Jiminy Christmas! I’m glad you’re back with us, but wow, that’s a lot to come back from. Thank God above that you’re on the mend.
My friend had a Whipple surgery after cancer. She can eat regular food, but her options are severely restricted. It’s just awful. I’m glad you’re doing well now.
Thankful you are going to be back to normal, myrddin.
I’ve been looking for updates on your condition since you posted about having the Whipple procedure.
What a time you had!!!
GOD must have something important for you to do!
I’ll update the prayer request thread with your post.