Hello,
about a year ago I started to experience loose stools. I thought nothing of it at the time....I was more concerned with my throat issues, which turned out to be an underactive thyroid. Because of this, they also tested me for a number of other autoimmune conditions including celiacs (negative), addisons (negative) and pernicious anaemia(positive!!). SInce then, I have had nothing but trouble.
My symptoms since then have been:
upper left abdominal pain just under the ribs
occaissional upper right and middle abdominal pain
middle left back pain worse on lying down
left flank pain occaissionally
pain at left shoulder blade
a couple of bouts of clay coloured stool
ginger/orange loose stools every day
an 'oil slick' floating in the water after a bowel movement of soft greasy stool pretty much every day now
occaisional floating stool
BELCHING like you wouldn't believe
I have lost 14llbs in weight in 3 months without trying
Tired tired tired
whitish mucus/undigested food in stool a handful of times
frequent urination at night(possibly connected)
chest pain (left) but only since this week
I have pretty much had all of these symptoms since the beginning of the year now.
Tests I have had:
transabdominal ultrasound - normal
pelvic ultrasound - normal
fbc - normal
liver function test (blood) - normal
amylase - normal
renal blood test -normal
diabetes blood test - normal
stool test for 'loose stool' - normal
gastroscope - moderate gastritis and antral erosions (awaiting H pylori test and biopsies
colonoscopy - normal but awaiting biopsies
Parietal cell antibodies are negative
Treatments: 125mg levothyroxine (tsh levels go up and down)
one B12 injection every 3 months
20mg Omeprazole for 2 weeks - done nothing except create a lot of gas pain, possibly firmed up my stool a tiny bit for a few days whilst first on it but now back to a big loose oily cow splat.
I swear, I am now at the end of my fatty stool tether! I am absolutely scared stiff that I have pancreatic cancer, but due to my age (36), the doctor doesn't seem to be taking this seriously. Family history : dad had stomach cancer at 38 and mum had bowel cancer at 48. Today I asked to be referred privately for an mri of my pancreas, but he thinks I should see a GI instead (again!!). The NHS takes ages to get anything done. I waited nearly 6 months for my gastroscopy and colonoscopy! Please give me your advice on what's best to do and whether my symptoms could be caused by benign things. Please help! I would wholly appreciate your advice.
Many thanks