Postby boxhill » Fri Jul 05, 2019 2:02 pm
Well, I obviously stink at diagnosing gall bladder problems, because that's what I thought I might have when I went to the ER and turned out to have colon cancer! On the other hand, the doctors were betting on appendicitis, until they saw the CT results. Or maybe they were just being nice and were only HOPING for appendicitis, given the alternative.
However, I consulted Dr. Google, and my diagnosis is STRESS. "Part of your body’s response to stress and anxiety may be to speed up the digestive process. This limits the volume of nutrients your body can absorb and may cause diarrhea and yellow stool."
Anything that shortens the digestive process and causes undigested fat to wend it's way through you more quickly can cause yellow, floaty stools. Like chemo, colectomy.....
F, 64 at DX CRC Stage IV
3/17/18 blockage, r hemi
11 of 25 LN,5 mesentery nodes
5mm liver met
pT3 pN2b pM1
BRAF wild, KRAS G12D
dMMR, MSI-H
5/18 FOLFOX
7/18 and 11/18 CT NED
12/18 MRI 5mm liver mass, 2 LNs in porta hepatis
12/31/18 Keytruda
6/19 Multiphasic CT LNs normal, Liver stable
6/28/19 Pause Key, predisone for joint pain
7/31/19 Restart Key
9/19 CT stable
Pain: all fails but Celebrex
12/23/19 CT stable
5/20 MRI stable/NED
6/20 Stop Key
All MRIs NED