My husband was diagnosed with Diabetes last week. His health is exacerbated by the fact that he is also fighting Pancreatic Cancer. He had a Whipple surgery 3 years and 8 months ago, leaving only the tail of his pancreas. I wonder if the new diagnosis of Diabetes is because his pancreas has stopped working. CT scans done do not show any new tumors. He is also receiving Immunotherapy, with Opdivo because a tumor on his liver removed a year ago went thru a genomic test and found he was positive for the protein PD-1.
Hi, thank you for quarry. Yeah the pancreatic beta cells produce insulin which regulate the blood glucose level, if pancreas is removed in Whipple procedure, so it may cause either type 1 TLR type 2 diabetes due to deficiency of beta cells that producing the insulin. So RBS, FBS and GTT should be performed for proper diagnosis you must consult your diabetalogist to rule out diabetes and proper medication. Hope the answer will help you in making decision. Wish you a good health.