Cecilia

[Guest guest]

My surgeon and I are trying once again to have the tp/ict in

Cincinatti OH. Evidently they have the most up to date equipment

that allow the islet cells to be transplanted immediately after

harvest. I have already had a transduodenal sphincteroplasty and a

Beger procedure, a whipple that preserves the pyloric sphincter as

well as the duodenum. I went back to work after both procedures but

didn't last a month each time. However, your pancreas is obviously

much stronger then mine. Eight weeks after the beger and I still

had a hard time wearing anything ever so slightly around my waist.

I am curious of one thing however. If its none of my business just

say so. But if your not having a great deal of pain and only have

minimal gi disruption why not wait until summer for the procedure.

Then you could recouperate at a much less hurried pace. What did

you think of the octreotide injection. Did it help you at all? I

have had maybe 7 or 8 injections and at first it made a big

difference.

Cecilia just from my own experiences as a nurse and what I have

encountered with my procedures, I dont think 6 weeks is long enough

to recover appropriately from such a big operation. It could take

up to a year before your back to 100% and no amount of rushing is

going to change that.

I hope I am not sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong, but

maybe I went back to work too soon and caused myself more problems.

There's no way to know for sure. This first year in your new dream

job is going to be hard enough without having to feign strength you

dont have by returning to work too soon after a whipple. Just think

about it. My thoughts are only for your well being.

Warmly,

Chrissy