My 67 year old mother has been recently diagnosed with cancer of the bile duct. She was told that the cancer is contained in the common hepatic duct at the bottom near the pancreas, but it has not spread beyond that duct. Everything that I have read indicated that all or some of the organs below are effected as well ---liver, pancreas, stomach, gall bladder, etc. The doctor feels that surgery is an option for her --- resected and reconstructed with a loop of the small bowel. We are headed to see a doctor in Winston-Salem, NC that will possibly do the surgery. Can anyone give me some insight of what we are about to face?