Severe Discomfort. Could it be cancer?

[johnathantyler]

Last month I was completely fine.

I had no symptoms of anything gastrointestinal related.

I had recently quit drinking energy drinks and woke up one morning with a stomach ache about 2 weeks into my abstention from them.

For the past 18 days I have had severe stomach pain and I've been to the ER 4 times. I had a CAT scan ran on me with contrast that showed nothing according to the doctor. I had my blood drawn 4 times and everything checked from liver function to kidney function to complete blood count and everything was normal. I also had numerous urinalysis tests ran and everything came back normal.

I have had constipation and severe burning pain in my stomach for the last 2 weeks. I was diagnosed with IBS when I was a kid but the symptoms of IBS had gone away for years until some of these symptoms came back recently soon after I quit drinking caffeine.

I have not had any blood in my stool or anything that would make me think I have colon cancer but I'm worried that I might because of my burning pain in my left side and an aching pain at my pelvis line where your stomach and pelvis meet.

As I said before I did quit smoking 2 weeks ago and I quit eating and drinking heavy amounts of caffeine a month ago. Has anyone ever had symptoms like this? I have had an ultrasound on my gallbladder recently and that was negative for any problems as well so I'm just worried that it's something serious with my colon.

[BabsyWabsy]

Could this be a rebound from quitting both smoking and caffeine in very short order? It may be your body is getting used to two big changes. I imagine you were smoking and drinking a lot of caffeine for some time. If so, it will take a while to adjust. If you are worried, get it checked out again.

[johnathantyler in reply to BabsyWabsy]

Thanks. I have recently noticed my stools are a lighter color than usual. When I wipe, its a light brown and orange-ish color. My stools are finally forming actual shapes now instead of being so erratic.

My stomach pain has subsided, at least for now. I'm just so confused as to why my stool is this color.