Hi mumsnetters,
I hope some of you can help me figure out what my problem is. I have gone to my GP and had some tests done but no disgnosis yet, I will be seeing me GP again in the next two weeks.
My stools have always been quite hard, but around a year and a half ago I started having some very soft and a bit pale stools. This didn't happen very often at all (maybe two or three times a month) so I thought it was strange bit didn't worry me as it was very infrquently.
Then little by little, the loose stools episodes started to increase in frequency and with time I identified some triggers (a medication I had, wine...) so I stopped these and I saw a bit of an improvement. However, I still have loose stools most of the time, they have never been as hard as before. Apart from loose, sometimes they look greasy. The color is fine and no blood or anything like that. I have a lot of bloating, but this is not new as I have always had gas. I don't have any constant unusual.pain in my tummy apart from the gas, but last week had mild pain that was coming and going for a few days.
In a few occasions Ive had poo that is very thin, but again this is not a daily thing, it has happenned infrequently. There has been an instance when I when to the toilet thinking that I was constipated as I had to push hard but then it came out soft and thin, which I was really confused about.
My FIT test and calpoproctin test have come back normal, but they were done in a week that I was feeling quite well and didnt have loose stools.
Bloods didn't show any abnormallity Either, but my ferritin is low. I have always been over 100 and ot was 29, so I am wondering if there is some kind of malabsorption.
Can you have cancer or chrons and the fecal tests/bloods come back normal? As I said, it was during one of my bests weeks, so if you have cronhs and have a good week, will the tests show something?
I dont think it can be cancer as the symtoms come and go, I assume with cancer the symptoms are always there and probably getting worse?
I am concerned this can be chrons as there are clearly some triggers. Also, I had an ANA blood test that came back positive many years ago (no GI symptoms then). Months ago I also had a really strange burning feeling in my mouth (as if I had burnt myslef eating somwthing very hot) that lasted several months, in fact it disappeared in December
Any thoughts??