CancerCompass message board discussion started by rhonda1963 on 2/26/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,21351,0.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ On January 29, 2008, I went to visit my mother and father.  My mother opened the door and had she was yellow! For 4 weeks prior to that day she was having trouble controlling her blood sugar levels and itching badly.  Kept calling the doctor and he kept changing her insulin. Saying she was having a allergic reaction to it.  I took her to his office that day where he was shocked to see her turn yellow in one day. We went to the emergecy room and she was admitted with what they thought gallstones. The next day they put a stent infor blockarge and found a tumor on thead of the pancreas.  We were in the process of having her romoved from local hospital to University of Jefferson in Philadelphia where more Whipple porcedures are done to give her a better chance of survival.  However, she got the flu in the hospital and has just been released Thursday, and we have a 3D cat scan schedule for this Friday to see exactly what her chancer are. Whipple procedure or no shot. i am so nervous because thiree weeks have past. Also, she was only yellow for that one day and has had no pain at all. By the way my mother is 72 years old, white. rhonda1963 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I don't know much about Jefferson but the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has one of the best Whipple surgeons in the country. His name is Jeffrey Drebbin. He's done over 300 Whipples and that's what you want to hear. Before you let anyone operate on your mother, ask how many they've done. This is a serious, difficult procedure. Dr. Drebbin did my husband's Whipple. He was kind and  compassionate as well as an outstanding surgeon. I cannot say enough good things about him. The care my husband received at HUP was outstanding. The Wife Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  This won't hurt you but you may need more than this. Have you contacted Cancer Treatment centers of America  www.cancercenter.com does natural and traditional healing for cancer. mmsOn 2/26/2008 cancer2854 wrote:Tell me what you think of this website please:http://www.tinyurl.com/3alfrp Thanks.   mmsurvivor Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT TJU has an excellent reputation and excellent pc surgeons.  Don't worry about the delay.  It is not that long in the scheme of things.  Not unusual for the yellow to go away immediately after a stent is placed and/or duct is opened up.  Once the bile can "move," the immediate crisis is over....then on to fighting the cancer.  Best wishes to your mom. AnniePG Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT