post whipple stabbing feeling????

isletcell
isletcell Member Posts: 61 Member
edited March 2014 in Rare and Other Cancers #1
Has anyone had any attacks post whipple?? It feels like a stabbing in the upper abdomen with pain shooting around the bra line in the back and loss of voice like iv had the wind noked out of me. It lasts 5-15 min. and then in very soar for about 1-2 days. Initially after the attack i have to take 2 oxycodone to relieve the pain to sleep.??????? It freaks me out!! please respond with any comments.

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  • Unknown
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  • SusanTS
    SusanTS Member Posts: 2
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    Hello...my father had the Whipple Operation done in March.....and he has said that he gets those attacks often....he hasn't done anything about them....but I thought I'd let you know that it does occur in others..
  • punkymay
    punkymay Member Posts: 11
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    Yep! I have those sharp, stabbing pains too. My oncologist said they were muscle spasms. It's nice to know that I'm not alone. My Whipple was 10/14/2004. When was yours?
  • taylork
    taylork Member Posts: 11
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    SusanTS said:

    Hello...my father had the Whipple Operation done in March.....and he has said that he gets those attacks often....he hasn't done anything about them....but I thought I'd let you know that it does occur in others..

    Hi....my husband is 62 and just had the whipple 8/27/04 and he has the same breath taking pains that make him break out in a cold sweat and double over. Glad we are not alone. Hope it gets better for you.
  • isletcell
    isletcell Member Posts: 61 Member
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    punkymay said:

    Yep! I have those sharp, stabbing pains too. My oncologist said they were muscle spasms. It's nice to know that I'm not alone. My Whipple was 10/14/2004. When was yours?

    mine was sept 2003! I have recently gone on the John Hopkins site and found alot of interesting info on this topic. It sounds pretty usual. Its nice to know that we are not alone.

    Jen
  • VivianYang
    VivianYang Member Posts: 3
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    taylork said:

    Hi....my husband is 62 and just had the whipple 8/27/04 and he has the same breath taking pains that make him break out in a cold sweat and double over. Glad we are not alone. Hope it gets better for you.

    Pains after whipple

    Hello,

     

    I have a friend who had Whipple four years ago.  She said she had been suffering from bad pain in lower abdomin all the time these years and she relied heavily on painkillers.  Can anyone tell me how you get through the pains? Any advice will be appreciated.

     

    Vivian

  • tgmbrady
    tgmbrady Member Posts: 1 Member
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    I have had 2 major ones

    I have had 2 major ones before joining a facebook group called Whipply Surgery Survivor Group.   This topic is talked about alot.  The one thing that has helped me is as soon as I feel the tightness in my stomach (to the side) I stand up and stretch my arms above my head and take slow deeps breaths.  Most the time i can ward them off.  But my bad ones only lasted about a minute.  Takes your breath away.  Drenched in sweat from the pain immediately.

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