Diarrhea for 5 weeks getting me down and worried

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I have been having diarrhoea and stomach cramps on and off since November (after a dodgy meal) and it is showing no signs of abating. I am being careful with food and just when I think it’s turned a corner, it comes back again. Trying to take probiotics but wonder if it’s making it all worse.
I have been to the GP and have been referred for a colonoscopy. So naturally worried about bowel cancer. Can anyone offer any hopeful alternatives? I am 60 so in the red flag zone for referrals. Feeling worried, sore and desperate

Have they tested for giardiasis?

This happened to a friend of mine and lasted nearly a year but they were fine in the end and they turned a corner. I have no idea what it was.

I'm in the same boat living on immodium. Going to cut dairy and gluten I think to see will it help

Thanks for the replies. Yes I’ve been tested for viruses and infections, all clear. I am trialling giving up dairy as I wonder about lactose intolerance. My daughter has celiacs disease but I tested negative recently. But I wonder too about gluten intolerance. Hope for some resolution of symptoms soon.

Have you also lost weight? If so, and you stop eating gluten, the weight will come back on quickly if it's coeliac disease. At least that's what happened to DH. It was diagnosed via a stomach biopsy.