Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I have a question for some members of the group that have had whipples.I had my whipple last July. My quality of life is better than it was before I had the whipple. I am always tired. This weekend I collapsed in bed and spent the whole day in bed asleep or pondering how I was going to get out of bed and do something with myself. Also, since the whipple I am having serious problems with my bowls. I went to the ER because I have a hickman in my neck and it had sprung a leak. While sitting in the ER I ate some yogurt and went into an attack that was unbelievable. I was admitted with a bowl obstruction that later was diagnosed as an obstruction in my colon. I feel as though I have been chasing a piggies tail and doing all the tests, the surgeries all in hopes of getting the pancreas to rest and that I could get off some of the meds and go on with my life. I now feel that the tail will never be caught and somehow I have to find my quality of life inside this up/down crazy life of chronic pancreatitis, and bowl problems. Does anyone have any ideas out there. I try to rest, but I lose so much of the day by resting. does anyone have any suggestions on how one leads some kind of life and stay awake for most of the day? I would love to hear from anyone on how they work their day out so they do collapse in such exhaustion that they can't move for 24-48 hours. thanks for listening Paget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Paget, After my whipple it took 9 months before I had to force myself back to work and it was a struggle for a while. I have come to realize that things like fatigue, muscle and joint aches bowel problems are related to malabsorbtion (sorry if the spelling is wrong) Those of us with missing parts of our digestive system cant get the nutrition out of the food we put in our bodies. Maybee if you approach the problem that way it may help. It has helped for me. Hang in there. One question, did they remove any of your stomach when they did the whipple or did they do the stomach preserving procedure? It's tougher when you don't have all your stomach. Drop a line if I can give more information Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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