From Whipple to Waikiki by Jerry Chezick. Surf’s up!
An essay by Jerry CrezickJerry is a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) patient recovering after a Whipple operation carreid out early 2022. He soon realised he had a big challenge on his hands. Read his story of recovery helped by learning to surf! First posted in my private Facebook patient support group. Gerry kindly agreed to let me post here. Honest, open and inspiring stuff"Finally I realized, I had to become the World Expert on MY Body"I've recently passed the 2-year anniversary of my Whipple.About 9 months before, I experienced a total knee replacement and figured, if I could endure that pain, I would be able to handle a W. Obviously, I didn't have a clue.The W. was crazy difficult. In the scheme of things, I probably did worse than most.There…