My husband had ⅔ of his pancreas (the tail end) removed about 10 months ago. The recovery from surgery was long and slow. His lymph nodes and the surrounding tissues and organs were not infected. There was a debate later about whether the cancer had metastasized to the liver and the abdominal bed where the resected part of the pancreas used to be - the jury is still out.
He was on Folfirinox for 1-½ months and markers kept climbing. Side effects were also terrible - from nausea to loss of appetite. He switched to Gem-Abraxane with a new oncolologist and he took very well to it. Only major side effect is fatigue and some depression. Hair grew back and CA-19 markers dropped to normal range and stayed stable with minor fluctuations. He has been on this regime for 8 months now and oncologist is not stopping.
We believe in prayer but we also believe in taking action and using medical science to "heal". It is very comforting to read in this support group the names of all the drugs, and the stories that are so familiar. I hope your husband got his surgery because we sought several opinions and surgery followed by chemo was the way to go.