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Hi Katie,
Thank you for your reply.
No, my father died of colon cancer.
Had a colonoscopy done first before the pancan tests (CA19-9 and CT scan) which also came back clear.
However, after being constipated for the 1st time in my life , the symptoms of pain in the stomach and groin (constant) and the back ( comes and goes) , ribbon shaped stools that can either contain small amounts of blood , white mucus, can be pale in color and float have persisted for approx. 5 weeks now.
The other symptoms I was experiencing after the initial constipation of nausea and loss of appetite have seemed to have fortunately disappeared in the last week.
Not sure if I need to be persistent and request more tests (as my body is telling me something is not right) or except my gastro’s explanation for the persistent symptoms listed above as just being the aging process.
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I am glad there are others giving their thoughts on this.
I would listen to your gut instinct. Perhaps a 2nd opinion would be good?
Blood in the stools and floating stools would be a concern for me.
My symptoms were floating stools, itching in trunk area, throwing up after eating, severe stomach pain, pain in upper abdominal area, dark colored urine, pale stools. Doctors highly suspected pancreatic cancer after they saw a mass on my pancreas, which was seen on an abdominal CT scan.
If your dad, aunts, uncles, or cousins have not had pancreatic cancer, that is encouraging.
Best wishes.