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What Is The Treatment For Ampullary Cancer?

I have ampillary cancer, and I have had the Whipple procedure to try and deal with it. That left my liver much altered from a normal liver, depending on stents to get bile into the bowel. Recently the existing stent became blocked and I became jaundiced and had a variety of related symptoms, so my oncologist sent me to have a percutaneous drain placed. The initial placement resulted in sepsis and nearly death for me, but that got resolved a couple of weeks ago - however, the drain became blocked and I had it replaced last week. It appears to be working fine so far. My question is, how long should I expect for my bilirubin to return to a normal level and my other symptoms to go away?
posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
Your stent is blocked and you replace it. So within 10 to 15 days your bilirubin will come back to normal level. You should regularly monitor your bilirubin level and liver function test. Then you should take treatment accordingly.
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What Is The Treatment For Ampullary Cancer?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Your stent is blocked and you replace it. So within 10 to 15 days your bilirubin will come back to normal level. You should regularly monitor your bilirubin level and liver function test. Then you should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.