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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP with an update - I got the prelim report and A1C does not show diabetic. Liver enzymes normal range. Vit D is lowest end of normal, magnesium is also lowest end of normal. CBC normal. CMP normal. LDL High. Waiting on Celiac Panel. B12 normal.

LabCorp screwed up and forgot to put in the order for fasting glucose, TSH, T4 and T3 and CA19-9

I guess its another waiting game after I go back tomorrow.

I asked chatgpt if I need the fasting glucose too and it said yes because a1c monitors 3 month trend but fasting glucose shows current.

My doctor has also ordered an MRI Enterography.

It sucks that all the MRI dates available are in January for the JH network. I'm not sure whether to just go to another center since my records are at JH. And since I have appointments at Sibley [b]I cannot get on any wait list for the other JH locations since the other 5 centers are independent of Sibley[/b]

I called and my follow up MRCP earlier this year was with a 1.5T scanner while my first MRI was a 3T. Not sure if that made a difference in the measurements of my IPMN.
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OP, I just wanted to say that Sibley can’t put you on the waitlist for other JHU centers, but you can call yourself and ask for earlier appointments or waitlist.  I had to do this to get a scan - there are 2 separate numbers for different groups of facilities in Baltimore.  What you do at any JHU facility will show up accessible in your chart to all JHU facilities. I think there is also a way to make an appointment online - but they will only allow you to do it a week out because they have to run the insurance. If, when you call you tell them you already have an appointment at Sibley and the insurance already ran and approved the scan, the scheduling people may be able to look for appointments inside a week because it is easy to transfer the insurance approval between facilities. [/quote]

Thank you! I called Sibley again and no change to date - doctor ordered both an MRI abdomen/pelvis and MRCP and scheduler insisted that it was just MRCP when the order says otherwise, and she asked me to call the doc office again and said that when she called them they wanted just MRCP. With all my issues I'm pretty sure my doctor wanted the full sequence of tests and not just the focus on pancreas.

All the other JHU locations have January dates.

When you say - tell them that Sibley already has approval of scan - do they do that for an appointment 3 weeks out? How would I know they have approval?  I don't think I need approval for MRI, not sure about MRE. Sibley has me for MRCP.

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