My surgery, a pancreatoduodenectomy, is scheduled now for Friday, June 19, at St. Mary's Hospital, Mayo, Rochester, Minnesota. The primary surgeon is Dr. Michael Farnell. http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/10245928.html
A brief pictorial description of the surgery may be found at the following link:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/pancreatic-cancer/whippleprocedure.html
The cyst that is precipitating all of this has been determined to be benign at the present time. But Dr. Farnell advises that it should be removed now before things get worse. The projected hospital stay is 14 days. A further 8 week convalescence at home is expected before I will be fully recovered. I'm hoping, though, that I will feel better each week and that I will be able to perform some constructive and enjoyable activities in a few weeks after coming home.
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Hey Ed. What a nice idea to do a blog. I'm sure you must be nervous, but you're in good hands and have a lot of people pulling for you!!! - TK
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ReplyDeletethanks so much for keeping us updated. please let jennifer or i know if there's any way we can help out this summer. all good wishes and prayers,
brooke and jennifer