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@colleenyoung

Zebra, various cancers are not the thing you want to be collecting. I bet you'd rather be collecting stamps or tea cups or something.

I merged your 2 discussions into one that is now visible in both the NETs support group as well as the Pancreatic Cancer support group. That was you benefit from input from members in both support groups but only have one discussion to follow.

What are next steps for you? Have you had the MRI?

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Thank you, Colleen. I have not scheduled the MRI yet. My oncologist did say I can delay a little so I may wait half way to my next CT scans so I can see if there is any change in size. Depending on MRI results, we may just continue to monitor with scans or they may suggest a EUS. If the latter, I know I wouldn't schedule an invasive procedure until after the holidays so I'm thinking I might as well wait to do the MRI in December or January. Pros and cons because I know I'll keep thinking about it until I have it done. They are not super worried about it because a branch cyst in the pancreas head is more likely not cancer than cancer, but I've been the exception to the rule soooo many times and have had various doctors be wrong about my case so many times. It's easier to play the odds and not worry when it's not you, right? Based on my personal medical history, I know I'm more likely to fall into the exception category. You never want to hear that you're an interesting medical case or an outlier and I've heard that way too often. Thanks for asking. 🙂