Yes JM, the only thing preventing the surgery is his weak state, mainly due to him not eating.
Personally I think it is all the medications his primary gave him, most of which a lack of appetite is a common side effect. What I felt and the Cancer Surgeon somewhat agreed, was he was treated for depression based on his symptoms. The guy is 76 years old!! doesn't get around like he did, but still sharp minded.
The last full workup they did was around 7 months ago, that is when they Tumor was seen, but not mentioned. Although it was small then, it has grown to 2/3 of his pancreas. The incredible thing according to the Cancer surgeon, is it hasn't metastasized and they didn't find cancer in any other areas (like Limp nodes) but due to its growth rate, time is limited. Surgeon said you can live with 10% of a pancreas.
Jim, right there with you on the food thing. I took them some BB Ice cream with Hershey chocolate syrup and a few other things, I told mom he should eat anything he liked in the past, burgers, french fries, you name it. He prefers breakfast foods, so he's been eating scrambled eggs good. He has something like ensure, but he doesn't like it.
I'm to the point of asking why they just don't do the surgery, then deal with the recovery in the hospital, I mean, if he will die anyway.
PO's me, he has cancer and the one anyone would pick to have if they had too, one that is 100% operable, but can't. My gut says since he was "older", he was just a "number" or not taken as seriously, dunno