Patty

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Please dont for one second feel guilty for having made mistakes in

your past. First of all it doesn't matter how you got cp, just how

you deal with it. We have all made mistakes and have regrets for

one thing or another. That is just part of getting older. Every

single thing that you had done in your past, good and bad, has made

you into the person you are now; and you are a good person. You and

your children are closer now then ever. You are very helpful and

supportive of others as well as being nonjudgemental of others

mistakes. I have regrets too, but wouldn't change a thing I am

stronger and wiser for having experienced what I had.

The recovery time for a Puestow and Whipple are about the same. 7-10

days in the hopital, no need for ICU unless there are contributing

medical complication ie:cardiac disease. The recovery time at home

is about 10 weeks, maybe 12. There will be drain tubes in place for

the first few weeks until the internal incisions have healed.

Usually a drain from the pancreas, which the fluid is clear by the

way, I thought that was kind of funny. Of course this is from I have

seen and each surgeon is a little different.

The Puestow is a srugery to releive drainage problems in the panc.

The pancreas is sliced open like a filet and the main panreatic duct

is then sutured to the jejunum to allow drainage directly to the

intestine. If your main cause of cp is a drainage issue, this should

do the trick. However if you have calcifactions or fibrosis of the

panc it will not. That is what the whipple will do. Remove the

offending part.

I chose to have the Beger procedure. It is a resection of the

offending part of the pancreas without removing the duodenum or

antrum of the stomach. To me the less removed the better. Is the tp-

ict not an option for you at all? You had said in one post that 80%

of your panc would need removal. I am just guessing, but would they

be leaving that just for endocrine functions? If you have to have

that much removed, I would think that a very serious discussion with

your doctors about the total with auto islets would be warranted.

How was the mrcp? Piece of cake, huh. Did they use secretin, did it

bother you any? If there is anything I can help you with, please

dont hesitate for one second. I have been in your boat and know just

how rocky those seas can be.

Warmly,