Posts by Edward Young2

It’s been almost two months since the surgery, and his pancreas is still "leaking." He had stomach cancer, so they ended up removing his spleen along with a chunk of the pancreas. Honestly, he's doing okay given everything else, but we’re getting pretty worried because he’s putting out about 700-1000 ml of pancreatic juice during the day—it’s just draining out through the upper part of the incision into the drain bag. If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it.

I haven't gone through the entire lab report yet—my brain isn't quite there—but I do remember seeing something about enlarged lymph nodes, about 2cm and diamond-shaped. My dad is dealing with an inflammatory process right now and currently has a drain being emptied, so it makes me wonder: are these nodes swollen because of the inflammation, or am I looking at signs of cancer spreading?
He had his stomach and spleen removed about a month ago. Thanks.