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Acid Reflux, Variation Of Bowel Movement, Had Barium Test, Weight Loss, Added Fibre To Diet With Cereal And Juices. Cancer?

Hi I am from Canada and I am 46 years old and I have been told that I have acid reflux and I have always had problems with my stool since I was a teenager taht I would usually go only once a week sometimes twice but when I s go I go and just recently I noticed a change in my bowel movements, sometimes they were hard, sometimes soft and once in awhile diareia bit not often so I went to have a test for barium, one which was given to me to drink and the other one which was a tube that they inserted from behind and filled my instestine with Barium, did not receive my results so far but now I noticed that I go more often and my stools look like they are a little darker like a dark browen and I actually lost some weigh like 5 pounds, i have added more fiber to my diet with ceral and cookis with fiber and juices with fiber. Can you please tell me if I have some type of cancer? Or is this normal?
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Hi,

From what you are describing, all the symptoms you are experiencing might be related to chronic constipation (hard stool alternating with diarrhea).

I advise to wait until you get the tests results in without precipitating in giving conclusions. You can discuss with your doctor to run :
- stool tests (examination for ova/parasites and culture)
- fecal occult blood

I also advise to:
- drink more water
- take probiotics

Hope it helped!
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Acid Reflux, Variation Of Bowel Movement, Had Barium Test, Weight Loss, Added Fibre To Diet With Cereal And Juices. Cancer?

Hi, From what you are describing, all the symptoms you are experiencing might be related to chronic constipation (hard stool alternating with diarrhea). I advise to wait until you get the tests results in without precipitating in giving conclusions. You can discuss with your doctor to run : - stool tests (examination for ova/parasites and culture) - fecal occult blood I also advise to: - drink more water - take probiotics Hope it helped!