It will only be a whipple.... whew!!!

Who knew someone would be so excited about having a piece of major surgery, but I am. We just got back from the Dr. Daneker and we know that it has not spread into the lungs or lymph system. It is on the ampulla side (intestinal) not pancreatic side. The April 18th date is still on. For those that care it will be a Chevron side to side incision (horizontal). I learned that a whipple is a whipple is a whipple. That means he takes out the same amount even though this particular tumor is small. I think I will save anymore words for later on. I feel like I have been carrying around a major weight and it just came off. He did suggest I load up with protein before the surgery so we are gonna go get me a filet. The only problem is that last night my unhappy liver decided to deprive me of my sense of taste. The location is actually the ampulla of vater. Sounds ominous, eh.