Orangey-yellow Liquid With My Stool...? Posted: 07-07-07 09:45am
A little background: I am 24 years old,
female, and currently weigh 105 though I
was 128-130 before I became sick.
This all started 7 1/2 months ago with
vomiting 10 or more times a day with mild
pain in the left abdomen behind the rib.
My first CAT scan showed that my pancreas
looked enlarged so they did another one.
The second one came back normal.
I was referred to another doctor who
decided to look into my gallbladder. Sure
enough my gallbladder wasn't functioning,
though there were no gallstones. I
promptly had my gallbladder removed, but I
was still sick.
My doctor checked my paperwork and noticed
that an upper GI scan had revealed a
reflux problem. I went on a strict diet
and took Nexium for three months. This
reduced the vomiting to about once a week.
As time goes by though I'm becoming
intolerant to more and more foods and and
vomiting more and more frequently.
(Currently the list of food I can't eat
are: anything containing more than 2 grams
fat, tomatos, yogurt(fat free), cottage
cheese(fat free), carbonation,
caffeination, alcohol, I eat fat free ice
cream however it gives me serious gas,
soups, broths, the only way to drink
anything is to spread a 12 oz drink over 4
or more hours, strawberries can sometimes
be tolerated and other times can't, and
once I start vomiting I can't eat anything
for at least 4 hours) A strange thing that
I noticed is that when I do vomit,
sometimes 8 or more hours after I ate, the
food that comes up is completely solid and
undigested, especally vegetables. Also
sometimes something will come up that
wasn't the last thing that I ate, as
though the one food bypassed the other on
the way up. Also the pain in my abdomin
has become much worse and is almost
constant.
After the three months I returned to my
doctor who decided to have my try taking a
stool softener for a month. Unfortunately,
in order to have the stool softener work I
need to drink lots of liquids which I
can't do without vomiting. Even one 12 oz
glass of water will make me vomit. I
called him after one week and told him I
couldn't do it anymore.
I've been scheduled for an endoscopy and a
colonoscopy which will happen this coming
thursday. In the mean time though
something new has happened:
Lately with my bowel movement there is an
almost fluorescent orangey-yellow liquid
that comes out. It floats above the water
which makes me want to describe it as
oily. I've found limited information that
might point to this being a malabsorbtion
problem. Before this happened I was afraid
that I was looking at colon cancer. Now
I'm thinking maybe there's a problem with
my liver or pancreas? Unfortunately this
started on a friday night and I can't call
my doctor until Monday. I was hoping
someone here might be able to help me
understand this new problem... I'm sorry
this was so lengthy, but I'd rather give
you all the information that leave
something important out.
Thank you
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Jude-Love
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 727 Location: Williamstown, Kentucky USA
Posted: 07-07-07 09:54am
I have had this happen to me and it was
due to stress and not having anything at
all in my stomach. If you're vomiting
repeatedly, that is probably why you have
it. I think it's stomach acid.
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lizardbait
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 07-07-07 10:12am
I've seen stomach acid and bile before in
my vomit, though, and that was more of a
greenish yellow, though just as bright.
This is orangey. You could be right
though, and it just looks different when
it gets to the other end...