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By far the best thing that I did during thelead up to my surgery was to carefully listen to EVERYTHING that my doctors told me and recommended. As upsetting as the events were, there was never any doubt in my mind that I would have the Whipple surgery, no matter how risky the procedure or the complications thereafter. I knew this was the right course of action. And I turned out to be correct.
I am alive today because of my very early diagnosis. I was able to have the Whipple surgery when most others are diagnosed too late for the surgery. This is due to the slow-appearing symptoms with pancreatic cancer. As a result, the non-surgical prognosis for those with a later-stage pancreatic cancer diagnosis is poor. For that, I am quite sad for the sufferers and for theirfamilies.
PLEASE,visityourdoctor(s)regularlyandgeta wide range of blood tests. Whatever your particular ailment, get diagnosed as early as possible.Listentoyourmedicalteam.DoNOTlet yourfearscauseyoutoputoffseeingthedoctor. Earlydiagnosisisvitalforeverytypeofserious disease.Dothisforyourselfandyourfamily.
