Re : Update and Diet after TP/Splenectomy

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Hello Doc,

I'm sure from what the others say that your wife's experience with

food is common after this operation. I am amazed that she is doing

so well so quickly and I'm sure the " full " feeling will disppear in

time. It's wonderful that she is improving all the time. I think

anyone with that sort of wound would have post-operative pain.

I haven't had a TP but, since it was being considered for me last

year, I have read a lot about it and talked to my pancreatologist

about it several times at length. The operation can be carried out

in different ways. It depends on the surgeon's own preferred method

as well as the medical condition of the patient and his/her organs.

A TP can be necessitated for different reasons for a variety of

medical conditions. Surgeons follow different methods also. My own

pancreatologist, in the case of end-stage chronic pancreatitis, sets

out to preserve the duodenum, stomach, pylorus etc. as well as the

spleen. (It isn't always possible to save the spleen.) Other

surgeons use more radical methods and remove more parts.

I wish you both luck. Please don't be discouraged at setbacks or

slower progress than you might wish for. My surgeon warned me of a

rough year if I decided to have this operation. It will take a long

time for your wife to get back to normal but it sounds as though she

is making excellent progress at this stage. In the UK one would

expect to be in hospital longer than 9 days for this particular

surgery. Things seem to be moving very fast indeed!

With very good wishes,

Fliss (UK)