I don't know if I can do this much longer. I am currently sitting in the hospital and have been for nearly a month at Hubby's bedside. After he was hospitalized in December for his heart attack and UTI. Only this time he had what they call a whipple surgery to remove 2 renal cell carcinoma leisons off his pancreas. The whipple is where they remove the head of the pancreas, but he also had a lesion in the tail so they had to remove that too. He now only has 1/3 of his pancreas left and is currently on insulin until his remaining 1/3 pancreas starts working if it does. Keeping my fingers crossed on that one. The surgery lasted about 8 1/2 hours and it was a real tough surgery, according to the doctors one of the worst a body can go through besides open heart. Thn 4 days after the surgery he had a reaction to one of the pain meds and developed an infection in the tail end of the pancreas. It's a long long road to recovery. Right now he is having a difficult time eating as he has no appetite (Yes he is receiving TPN) Poor guy is constantly nauseous and in a 9 out of 10 pain most days. But he is slowly recovering and hopefully we can go home in a week or two. If you think about it please add us in your prayers.