Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 In a message dated 6/22/2003 12:35:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, l10nx@... writes: > > The surgery involved removing my spleen, my pancreas, and part of my > stomach. My gallbladder had already been removed. I knew that Bert would be a wealth of information. Thank you so much Bert for helping me out. Andre, Bert and I had the TP/ICT but Bert had part of his stomach removed and I didn't have any of my stomach removed. Dr. Sutherland said after my surgery that he didn't have to remove any of my stomach since my pancreas hadn't adhered to my stomach. He said in some patients the pancreas is like an onion peel and attaches to the stomach therefore part of the stomach has to be removed. I don't know whether the other people in the group who had the surgery done by Dr. Sutherland had to have part of their stomach removed. This is another question for you to learn the answer to. Dr. Sutherland removes the spleen during the TP/ICT since if the spleen isn't removed at the time of the pancreatectomy many patients have to return to surgery to have the spleen removed. Why, I don't know. I didn't ask that que stion. I was too thankful to have my pancreas removed from my body and to not have pain anymore. I could tell right away after my surgery that the pancreas pain was no more. I also had the surgery pain but I didn't have pancreas pain. That was the oddest feeling as I was recovering in the hospital to be completely free of pancreas pain. I had lived with pancreas pain for so many years that it had become a part of me. To have it no more was a feeling I can't describe. My post op pain was treated very well for a few days and then I didn't take many pain pills at all. Once in a while during my recovery I would ask for a Tylenol. It wasn't hard for me to refuse pain meds since throughout my sick pancreas period I only took pain meds when I had an attack or when I had a stint placed in my small duct. I never took pain meds for pain in my everyday life. I gave up eating instead. The pain was so bad to eat one-fourth of a teaspoon was torture so I stopped eating. Now you know why I wanted the TP/ICT desperately. Keep asking questions. Many people are very knowledgeable here about the surgery. Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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