Pancreatic cancer fears.

[dootnoot]

Ugh. I had been doing well for years at this point. To be brief, I've ha chronic nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea since June 2024. It's been a miserable time. I'm being seen by a gastroenterologist to see what might be causing he. He hasn't really said what he thinks it could be, though something like SIBO or Crohn's seems to be at the top of the list. Who knows. I had my second colonoscopy done in September as well as my first endoscopy. Nothing appeared there, so it's kinda helped the fears about cancer in the stomach or colon.

Obviously, as the title of this thread says, I've been freaking out thinking it's some form of cancer that is just getting worse. I'm especially freaked out by the possibility of pancreatic cancer even though I'm only 28. It doesn't help that I just saw a someone who was 19 die of it. So ... Yeah. I had a CT scan with contrast done in August 2024, which showed nothing, but I'm still freaked by the possibility that maybe it was just too small to catch then and it grew since then.

Anyone have any advice? It seems like no matter where I go, I hear or read about pancreatic cancer being the cause of death for someone. It's everywhere I go and I know it's also because of my search history which I'm doing my best to avoid but ... Yeah. :( I hate that I'm making someone else's struggle about myself but ... That's just how my dumb anxious mind works.

I will say that, in December 2024, I took a course of antibiotics that helped me recover for almost two months. That alone points more some sort of weird infection but ... Yeah. Be sick this long, and your mind wanders. I have better periods and worse periods. I don't know anymore. I'm just scared.

[dootnoot]

Forgot to add.

I do have issues with my immune system. We're not entirely sure if it's autoimmune (as I do have anti-dsDNA antibodies but not high enough for any diagnosis) or if it's just bad luck. Last time I had blood work done, I did have raised liver enzymes, but only barely and no one was concerned since I had been vomiting everyday at that point several times a day and unable to keep any food down. To be blunt, I'm also overweight and, while I can't remember 100%, I think my doctor mentioned that might also do it. I also had/have hypothyroidism. Thyroid keeled over randomly a couple of years ago and I only successfully got it managed these past few months.

Just thought I'd add this.