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Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

He will always be Orry Main (North & South) in his West Point uniform to me. (swoon).

Since they said he had an undisclosed surgery a month ago, maybe he had the Whipple then?

When a person has a whipple they can expect to lose as much as 1/4 their body weight right away. After a while, they will regain some, but should expect to maintain at least a 15% body weight loss from their original weight for the rest of their life.

As he was seen looking "tired and thin" I would expect that is what he had. It is a BRUTAL surgery with a 50% complication rate. The greatest/most frequent complication is gastroparesis (basically your digestive system is paralyzed and you can not eat) and treatment of that requires a feeding tube. The gastroparesis can last as long as 6 months but typically last about 12 weeks. My sisters lasted about 8 weeks and it was really really hard on her body. She lost about 50 pounds over all.