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?