We had a consultation with a surgeon yesterday. Scott has two small tumors in the pancreas. The surgeon thinks he can remove both of them by removing about 3/4 of Scott's pancreas. The tumors are not in the head of the pancreas, which is a more difficult surgery. Since the pancreas is responsible for insulin production, the surgeon said there would be a chance that Scott would become diabetic. But he said there was an 80 percent chance that what is left of the pancreas would do the job of insulin production. But he also said there's a very high probability that another tumor would grow in what's left of the pancreas. Another difficult decision. We are waiting to talk to the oncologist at Cedars next Wednesday before deciding what to do.
Hi Pam and Scott. Sorry I'm a few days late visiting the blog for update. Scott had such good luck with his first surgery, I'm going to hope that if he has the pancreas surgery it will also go well and it will continue doing its job. Is there a good cancer drug therapy for pancreatic tumors?
ReplyDeleteI am glad your family is living in the moment and not on hold. Seeing Scott back surfing and hearing that you're going on weekend trips is great news. Summer's just around the corner.