Hi everyone, 

my dad was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in Spain and declined extremely quickly to the point we almost lost him. We managed to fly him home and the surgeons decided they could operate and ended up doing a whipple as it had spread to pancreas, bowel also. He had a horrific recovery for almost 4 months he was vomiting every day and unable to walk. He since recovered quite well and got back to doing diy jobs walking a few miles each day until the last 3 weeks. He now has pain in his stomach at all times unless he's lying down doing nothing. He's back to eating only very small amounts also. He had no chemotherapy after the surgery as he was too poorly to withstand it so missed the 8 week window. Does anyone have any experience after a whipple or similar? My dad is adamant that he will have less than 5 years to live after a whipple but the surgeons haven't said anything of the sort. He didn't see a oncologist just upper GI nurses. Thank you in advance!