Xi Xin wrote:
> Today Lexie said a person cannot live without a pancreas because it's a
> gland, not an organ.
>
> Elsewhere in this group, a couple folks have mentioned if Chlsea gives
> her pancreas to Bo, she would then die.
>
> Get something straight. Removintg the pancreas DOES NOT kill a person.
But if you remove their pancreas, wouldn't they then be a diabetic and
have to watch what they eat and take insulin the rest of their life?
>
> What is almost a sure cure for pancreatic cancer, if caught before it
> has spread beyond the pancreas, is removal of the pancreas. It's called
> a pancrectomy. Look it up.
>
> In 2005 pancreatic killed my brother. In his case it had spread and
> little could be done, I've done a lot of research and if anyone does
> just a little research, you'll find removal of the pancreas will not
> kill a person.
>
> The show's writers just scribble down anything they think makes a story.
> They have no interest in accuracy
>
> Being a gland DOES NOT preclude it from being removed. The paratoid
> gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal gland, overies,
> testicles, etc., are all glands and are often removed when cancer is
> involved.
>
> Lexie works at the Salem hospital where the doctors seem to know little
> about medicine.
>
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