@missingthebeach
Thank you so much for this information. I will check into it and I'm glad that it's gotten good reports and feedback so far. I finally heard back from the Pancreatic Specialist and he thinks there was a "sampling error" of my first Pancreatic biopsy which he says happens often. Since my GI can't seem to determine why my pancreas is inflammed and has ruled out: autoimmune, cancer, diabetes, smoking and obesity as possible causes, the Specialist thinks not enough tissue was collected or they didn't biopsy the right area. Because the biopsy caused an episode of Acute pancreatitis that put me in the hospital for 3 days and caused severe pain, I'm reluctant to jump into another biopsy although the Specialist said what happened to me was rare. On one hand, I'm curious to know if a second biopsy could really discover the reason for the inflammation/
cause of the pancreatitis but I'm worried that they won't find anything and then I'm back where I started and with another very expensive procedure to pay for. If I don't have the biopsy...and develop cancer on down the line, will I regret not having it done. I'm spending spare moments pondering on this and have not arrived at a conclusion. What are your thoughts and how have you been feeling lately?