My father inlaw went in for surgery today he has pancreatic cancer, they took a !
Question:
My father inlaw went in for surgery today he has pancreatic cancer, they took a part of his pancreas, his .?
spleen and part of his stomach. My question is will he eat liquids first or just really small meals? I haven't been able to ask my mother in law I don't want to upset her anymore then she is.
Answers:
Hopefully he will be able to eat normal food eventually, but with that radical of operation he may never again eat normally. He most likely will have to deal with problems like dumping syndrome, early satiety (get full quickly), diarrhea etc. I wouldn't worry to much about his diet at this point. Most likely there will be a lot of teaching done prior to him leaving the hospital.