Chronic back pain and loose stools

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Inocent
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Chronic back pain and loose stools

Postby Inocent » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:34 am

Hi everyone,
I am new here and I need your help. I am a 34year old African male and have been suffering from back pain since 2014 and loose stools since 2011. I have went to the GP several times and they cannot find anything. I even went to a Urologist to rule out prostate cancer and he couldnt find anything. I am very worried. Could these be signs of colon cancer?
Looking forward to hearing from any of you guys.
Regards
Inocent

NHMike
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Re: Chronic back pain and loose stools

Postby NHMike » Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:12 pm

There are a lot of things that can cause back pain as you have complicated structures back there and a lot of potential points of failure. There are a lot of different ways to get back injuries too. I had a back injury back in my 20s from carrying a weight set to my apartment and it came back from time to time until I started beefing up my core. I would not necessarily expect a GP to be able to diagnose back pain - that's why there are specialists. I suspect that there are several things that can cause loose stools as well If you want to rule out colon cancer, the usual approach would be to get a colonoscopy. Your GP should know this stuff though.
6/17: ER rectal bleeding; Colonoscopy
7/17: 3B rectal. T3N1bM0. 5.2 4.5 4.3 cm. Lymphs: 6 x 4 mm, 8 x 6, 5 x 5
7/17-9/17: Xeloda radiation
7/5: CEA 2.7; 8/16: 1.9; 11/30: 0.6; 12/20 1.4; 1/10 1.8; 1/31 2.2; 2/28 2.6; 4/10 2.8; 5/1 2.8; 5/29 3.2; 7/13 4.5; 8/9 2.8, 2/12 1.2
MSS, KRAS G12D
10/17: 2.7 2.2 1.6 cm (-90%). Lymphs: 3 x 3 mm (-62.5%), 4 x 3 (-75%), 5 x 3 (-40%). 5.1 CM from AV
10/17: LAR, Temp Ileostomy, Path Complete Response
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