Biliary Bypass

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Does not getting any answer mean that no one out there knows anything about the

" biliary bypass " surgery Henry is having December 5? I've researched it on the

web and don't understand it very well. It seems it's usually done with cancer,

but Henry doesn't have cancer. In his case it's supposed to resolve the duct

getting blocked so much.

Scot, hope you get a surgeon who knows the pancreas like Dr. Pappas at Duke

does! It's a slow process, but Henry is back to his normal weight now and

feeling good. What did it was going off food completely for several months with

tube feeding. But he still needs the duct fixed so he doesn't have to go

through being stented every few months. This is the first surgery he's had

besides ERCP's and tube and stent insertions.

Hope someone can explain it to me better than the technical stuff I found on the

web.

Ginny White, Statesville, NC