5/3 And best of luck if you're suffering from anything related to pancreas.

4/3 of it's uncanny resemblance to the human one. It's not malignant on it's own, but it will throw insuline production in pancreas into overdrive, thus consuming gradually more and more glucose and robbing body of the energy it needs to function. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

3/3 dogs suffer much milder aftereffects than humans - she was hospitalized for mere two days and she actually ate less than 24 hours after the surgery. The tumor she had is called insulinoma, it appears in dogs and humans alike and I read they actually want to study in more in dogs as well because

2/3 quality of life. However, as I also discussed it with a friend of mine, who it a gastrointestinal surgeon, these surgeries are also performed on humans, but it is essentially one of the toughest surgeries an expert surgeon can perform. Yeah, anything with pancreas is very, very bad. Luckily,

1/3 I live in Central Europe, in Czech Republic. To avoid any confusion, the surgery - partial pancreatomy - was performed on the long-haired dog. I was very surprised when my vet (a specialist) told me that teoretically they can take 65 percent of pancreas without severely affecting the dog's