I had an abdominal ultrasound last October that was looking at a cyst on my kidney and learned I had a 6cm NET on my pancreas and a 1.2 cm mass on my ampula. I was having no stomach issues and only sciatica issues which started all the scanning and it was considered an 'incidental finding", I learned the prognosis for NET's is much better than normal pancreatic cancer but the process to remove it was still a whipple procedure. Even though I survived quadruple bypass in 2012, the Whipple procedure is more extensive and at age 66 scared me a lot. After careful research, some sleepless nights and a lot of prayers, I decided getting it out now before it grew further and complicated my life. I also believe surgery earlier is better as the tumor is smaller and I'm younger. I had the procedure on Feb 11th and after 10 weeks I am very glad I did. I was in the hospital for 7 days and honestly they were not great days but things improved almost every day. I've lost 22 lbs to date but stopped losing weight at week 8. I am slowly starting to eat a regular diet through trial and error and doing PT to strengthen my stomach muscles and believe by 4 months I will be 90% of my normal self in both diet and activity level. I am sure it was the right decision.