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My brother has pancreatis
My brother has a large mass on his pancreas. He has been told he has pancreatis and is having a 5-6 hour surgery Tuesday. The doctor told him they would try to remove the mass by removing part of the pancreas, some of the colon, gall bladder and I believe he said part of the liver. Can that be? We live so far away and I'm concerned. The surgery seems serious. Can you enlighten me on why they would be removing so much? He's been told by one doctor he was sure it was cancer and by the other that he is 98% sure it's not.
It wasn't cancer. He's been through alot and in alot of pain, but he should be o.k.
One of them is a cancer specialist. He's the one that said he was 98% sure it wasn't cancer. The problem is that haven't been able to do any biopsies because my brother in too much pain, has jaundice and his enzyme levels are too high.
to be honest i think it is cancer , they remove them because of the chance of spreading , they should have a biopsy of the liver already and would know if its cancer from that . it is possible to only have part emoved as thr liver is good a regeneration .my sil had a tumor size of a babys head removed 3 weeks ago and they had same thing said one doc said not sure and the other said yes ,she is now sceduled for total removal in 3 weeks because it is cancer .
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