Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What have your bowel movements been like? Unknown weight loss and your pancreas can go hand in hand with relation to your body digesting food. If you've noticed loose, watery, or discolored stools this is very likely the cause.

Weight loss can also be caused by new onset diabetes.

OP here. Loose watery stools for 3+ years. If I drink only 1 cup of water a day, that is the only time I have normal stools. I drink 2 cups of water now plus a cup of milk with cereal every day and I have loose stools.

Diabetes as far as I know is one of the earliest symptoms of pancreatic cancer. But the doctor in the cyst clinic did not even ask me to repeat the A1C when I informed her about the weight loss in August. She asked me to see my PCP for the pins and needles and burning pains I was having. I went to the PCP who ordered the a1c and at that time I had switched to brown rice instead of white but my a1c was still same.

After the JHU cyst clinic doctors dismissed me, I gave up advocating for myself, and stopped walking since I wanted to see if being sedentary would prevent this weight loss and here we go. Another 8 lbs in 10 days. This time I have pictures on my phone since I wanted to check my weight before and after Thanksgiving and see this. I also wanted to continue monitoring my weight.

A friend asked me to get a second opinion today and that prompted me to check my weight today. I'm not sure what other centers to go to in the DMV region for pancreatic IPMNs.

The second doctor at JH actually told me I have depression because they ran through these tests and found nothing (he said a 5mm ipmn is not a cause of worry) and when I asked him what about the weight loss he just said its probably because of something else.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lost a lot of weight unintentionally after being diagnosed prediabetic. It was because I started eating better and eliminated practically all junk and snack food. I could tell I was losing weight because I was hungry at night and when I woke up. Are you eating less? Or different lower calorie foods? Are you counting your calories (roughly)? If you are eating less than 2,000 per day, your weight loss is explained.

8 pounds in 10 days with no change to diet since July (plus loose stools, etc) and you're comparing it to your weight loss?