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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP- are you the same person that posted at the end of September about weight loss and IPMN?

Either way- call the cyst clinic and ask them for an order to repeat the MRI/MRCP sooner.

If you have not had pancreatic elastase checked, do that.

It sounds like you had a CT of abdomen and pelvis and all of the other diagnostics have been normal.

I have referred people to oncology for weight loss, so that is done but not regularly.

You need your glucose, thyroid, liver, kidneys, albumin, ESR, CRP and possibly cortisol checked.

The good news is that nothing has been found that is concerning. IPMNs are not rare and rarely become anything of concern.[/quote]

Yes I am that poster. My CT scan was in 2023. Follow up MRI was in Jan 2025. I have now lost weight for the second time sice May - and this time I actually took pictures of the weighing scale at home which is how I know the exact time frame and how much I lost.

They checked my TSH in May and it was normal but I asked for it today and she told me not to google much and gave me the anxiety meds. Not sure what she has written out for me when I go in tomorrow. They have an inhouse lab.

I will write down the tests you mention, thank you!

Chatgpt suggested some of them and some additional ones - I mentioned I have palpitations and tremors occasionally, burning pins and needles, weight loss, ipmn:

Symptoms can indicate hyperthyroidism, malabsorption, pancreatic insufficiency, or nutritional deficiencies - ask for the following tests:

TSH, Free T4, Free T3
Vitamin B12, Folate, Vitamin D, Magnesium, Iron/ferritin
CBC, CMP, CRP
Stool pancreatic elastase, fecal calprotectin

I did call the cyst clinic and left a message for 2 doctors but did not hear back today. Hopefully tomorrow. My next MRI is in Jan. I would rather have an EUS.

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