CancerCompass message board discussion started by Sandy5 on 9/10/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,16032,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Message:My husband was diagnosed in 1/97 with Pancreatic cancer.Could not do whipple - it spread to the liver and attached to the aortaartery. They did a gastro bi-pass to releave some pain - he startedwith Gemzar and is now on 5 FU - his hip replacement surgery of 1/96 hasnow been aggrivated by his extreme loss of weight so the hip has poppedout twice in three weeks - now the orthopedic surgeon wants to do a newhip replacement - the oncologist says he must stop chemo since he needshis strength for the surgery - how might the surgery effect the cancerand what about the anesthesia Sandy5 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT