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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 8, 2023 | Replies (79)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "Hi @loklcw First, take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Anxiety over test results..."
Hi Lori,
Thank you so much for your detailed reply, it really did help me out a lot. I know it’s anxiety which driving me crazy now, which stops me from thinking logically.
It’s actually pretty reassuring that all 4 doctors had told me even IF the cyst grow bigger in future, surgery at that time can absolutely cure it and won’t affect my survival rate. I keep telling myself that it’s a benign lesion now, and I still got plenty of time to monitor and treat it, it’s just my over thinking which freaks me out and giving a panic attack everyday.
All my symptoms are not related to this cyst according to all 4 doctors, since it is too small to cause any symptoms. Beside abdominal pain (which later found out that it is actually muscle pain), I’m also experiencing a mild steatorrhea, but the doctors all said it isn’t pancreas issue, so I’m still quite lost on this.