Hello Andrew, my name is Sylvie and my father (68 years old) had the whipple operation in june 2006 and starting a week ago, he has had trouble digesting again (he eats to much and bad) and he is also complaining about a back pain like you are stating. He is also a smoker for the last 50 years and I told him that the problem could be from smoking as I did quit smoking 2 years ago as I had back pains like you are stating...(I smoked for 27 years). I still have the back pains once in a while but nothing like before and I feel much better overall. So, are you a smoker? if not, then I want to communicate with you about the whipple operation. Tell me more about the back pains and what kind of food do you eat?
Thanks Sylvie