Staying health with no pancreas?

[Devaskyla]

Anyone have any tip or tricks? Dh had 96% of his pancreas & his gallbladder removed a few months ago due to acute necritizing pancreatitis. It also damaged his liver & kidneys & he's got a stent in his bile duct (which is being removed or replaced by ERCP on Oct 29). He has enough islet cells left that he's not currently diabetic, although we are keeping an eye on blood sugar levels. He has to take pancreatic enzymes for the rest of his life, though. And I read somewhere that the pancreas is also responsible for keeping your body acidity down. I have no idea if his is able to perform that function still or even how to check.

I'm just really worn out right now (he's been battling mutiple infections in his surgical wound since May, plus until the last week was in a seemingly non-stop downward spiral weight wise; he lost nearly 140lbs in 5 months) & have no idea where to even begin trying to figure out how to help him be healthy.

[JaneS]

I really don't know much but have to try to respond! What a hard hard thing you've been going through!

I wonder if pancreatic glandulars would be the best choice if that is not what he is on already? there's a thread in Allergies discussing pancreatic enzymes.

Impaired insulin production says low carb diet to me, then he will not need much insulin
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Body acidity is controlled by bicarbonate release from pancreas. It is to neutralize stomach acid as the food passes from the stomach into the small intestine, where the ph should be raised by the biocarbonate so as not to irritate the small intestine. We need stomach acid to start to digest proteins, so taking baking soda with meals might not be the best option but I don't really know and am just thinking out loud here! Shouldn't a gi dr. know that?

His digestion is probably shot, many antibiotics too? What about painting iodine on his wound area?

I would go back to the best of the basics food wise: chicken soup made with 24 hour bone broth, kefir, bone marrow, brown rice well soaked and made with bone broth and grated liver. Heaven knows the food in hospitals is a nutritional nightmare too.

[Jane]

My father had as much of his pancreas removed as possible after it went septic. Two revision surgeries later, he did fine. Loose stools, forever, but that improved after the first year. He became a pill dependent, then insulin dependent diabetic after a decade. No serious effects for the remaining 15 years of his life. No pancreatic enzymes, nothing but decent food and exercise. Died of illness complicated by altzheimers.
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