CancerCompass message board discussion started by Andym on 12/21/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,19053,0.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I am 32 and had a whipple in October 2006 for bile duct cancer followed by 6 months of Chemo (5fu)  Cancer wise everything is going to plan and 1 year on there is no sign of the cancer, however since August 07 I have suffered from pain in the left hand side if my back, it is there all the time and I would put it in a scale of 5 out of 10.  As yet I cannot get a pain killer to completely kill the pain.  I have had x rays and 3 CT scans along with a bone scan but everything is fine there is no reason for this pain.  I want to ask has anyone else had this very strange and 'phantom' pain after a whipple?Thanks and God blessAndrew Andym Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT 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     sylviego Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT