I’m new to the forums and have been debating on posting. This started in February with my stool sticking to the bowl after flushing, it was still brown then. I then developed gerd/reflux/difficulty swallowing in March and was treated with Prilosec for a week. It didn’t help but blood tests came back normal. In April I Went to a holistic doc who gave me digestive enzymes to help my acid in stomach. This fixed the stool sticking to bowl and gerd issues until the middle of July. Gerd retuned and enzymes didn’t help. So I went to GI doc and was given protonix for 6 weeks. Initially, this made my poop yellow and the doc backed me off to 20 from 40 mg. Poop was still less brown than normal. I had a follow up 3 weeks ago and she switched me to nexium. Hasn’t really helped the gerd much so I stopped taking it four weeks ago hoping the poop would change back to more brown but it hasn’t. Also been having quite large bowel movements. I have also lost about 3-4 pounds since July. From 160 down to 156 and almost 8 since February.
I am having endoscopy today and am scared of results.
At this point I have muscle fatigue, loose large stool, difficulty swallowing, sore throat and hoarseness from gerd and off and on stomach cramping plus the weight loss.
My worst fear is pancreatic cancer and I want some clear results but worried they can’t see without ultrasound endoscopy.
Thanks for listening.