Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Well, after 4 years of leading a pretty normal life style with CP, my wife is going into Good Samaritan Hospital here in Phoenix tomorrow. Her surgeon will either do a Whipple or remove the entire organ based on what condition the pancreas is in. In any case, we are prepared for both eventualities. Thank to each one of you for the support and information we have learned about CP over the past 10 months. Doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 " leading a pretty normal life style with CP, " What's that? My prayers are with your wife. A big day for a few of us. If you are as frozen with fear as my big guy, my prayers are with you too! Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Hi Carol, What I meant by that was that my wife can go for months ( 3,4 or 5 ) without having any attacks whatsoever. She plays golf 3 times a week, swims, hikes and sticks to her low fat diet pretty much, ( altho she has pizza once a week ). We consider that " a pretty normal life style " considering what it could be like. Along with CP she also has Systemic Lupis and Addisons Disease. Then out of the blue and without warning, she gets an attack which lasts 3 or 4 days,,,, living on water and pain meds. The problem is she does not want to live with this uncertainty as to when she will be stricken again, be it in weeks or months. She also does not want to go thru the terrible pain when it does happen. Being fully retired, we can't plan vacations etc because no one knows when it will happen again. She has been hospitalized once since 2000 when she had her last surgery unlike so many other victims of this dreaded disease. We consider ourselves very fortunate in that it could be much worse and eventually it probably will be, so for now , the Whipple ( according to her surgeon ) might hold things off and we could bide some time. Doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Dear Doc, My thoughts and prayers are with you both. Love, W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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