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Feeling quite ill for over a year - not yet been diagnosed.
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Mar 31, 2023 | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
I am only 35 years old, so I think it would be really unusual for someone my age to have pancreatic cancer. I actually asked my GP if I might have this disease and she said no because my pancreatic enzymes have been tested in repeated blood tests and they are always normal. Also, I had a upper right quadrant ultrasound and my pancreas appeared normal, no sign of anything wrong with it from that imaging test.
The inside of my fingers are yellow and my eyes have some yellow in them, but in all of the blood tests I have had done, my bilirubin is always in the low end of the normal range. So my heptalogist and GP says I don't have true jaundice because they say it is elevated billirubin levels in the blood that indicate and cause jaundice, which I don't have at all. So they are not sure why I have the yellowing because my blood tests are normal.
Also, I have read symptoms of pancreatic cancer, and I don't have most of them. So I think it is unlikely I have that disease.
Only abnormality on upper right quadrant ultrasound was fatty liver, everything else looked normal. Bile duct looked normal in ultrasound.
BTW, I stopped taking Adderall almost as soon as my symptoms started in May 2020. I first tried to space out my taking of the drug and going with a lower dosage but when symptoms persisted I quit taking it altogether and that was in May of 2020.
I do not take any prescription drugs now b/c I do not want to put any more strain on liver or body. I only take vitamins, herbs, and herbal teas.
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@cosimax505 Thank you for your response. My response to you was also for everyone else who reads the discussion, and I wanted to mention some things to think about, and I didn't want to assume that you had discontinued a medication that you said you were taking and suspected of causing symptoms. Cancer also affects children so there really isn't an age that would rule it out as a possibility, so that is the responsibility of a doctor to rule out and doctors don't want to miss things, so it's always good to ask a physician that you trust. The symptoms you mention of a pale colored stool are a red flag, so I am glad that you had that discussion with your doctor and have filled in a few more details here. Many different diseases and conditions have overlapping symptoms and requires some detective work from doctors to figure things out. I think you had mentioned taking Vitamin B, and that and other vitamins can also be toxic in large doses. Perhaps you have discussed this with your doctor. Some supplements can also have side effects, so it is good to question everything if you don't know what is causing symptoms. This post by @johnbishop has information about too much Vitamin B6.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/597041/
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