Re: The Dark Side
My mother had an almost identical situation several years ago.
She presented with jaundice,"looked sick". She had an ERCP
and a large mass was found.She was sent to one of the medical school
hospitals because the surgeon referred her to one of his professors
who specialized in surgical oncology.The doc was very honest with our
family and there was not much hope this mass was benign.
Anyway.....she had the whipple and the mass turned out to be a benign adenoma!
The surgeon was shocked with the path report....I did not even believe it
until I read it for myself. She actually did pretty well post whipple.She did not have any
of the complications you think about with a whipple.
She lived for another 4 years.....it was her lung disease that was fatal.
Sorry to be long winded....I know how worried you must be....that was an awful
time for me.About 3 days before my mothers surgery my father fell and Fx his hip! he had surgery and had to go to rehab. My mother had her surgery and I was going between parents...they were almost a 100 miles apart! I also had to be calm so as not to make anxiety worse for the family.
I hope in your mothers case things turn out to be a treatable and benign condition.
Healing thoughts for your mom!
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