
Episode 11 – Whipple-ized and Breathing
Ten hours in the OR. Major organs removed. A body rewired.This episode begins at NYU Langone, where I met my surgeon the day before surgery - calm, confident, and ready.What follows is my first 48 hours post-Whipple: the blurry moments in ICU, the pain, the tubes, and the raw gratitude of being alive. This isn’t a polished comeback story. It’s the first breath after the storm - stitched together, wired up, and searching for signs that my body still had some fight left in it.