Cancer of the bile duct or gallstones - significant weight loss any one else had these issues.....

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So the mystry of what is happening to me started in May when I had my over 40 NHS health check.

At this point I was feeling fine. However my bloods showed raished liver enzymes which indicate a blockage. Bloods repeated same issue.

I was ref for an ultra sounds, by this point I was feeling very bloated and nauseous.

Ultra sound showed my gallblader was enlarged and full of sluge and bile duct was significantly enlarged with no obvious cause.

So onto the MRI this showed the same issues as the ultra sound - bile duct is 100% wider than it should be for a person of my age according to the consultant, but again no obvious reason seen for the bloackage

In this time I have felt bloated, sick and ached (usually in the centre on my addomum and righ side, but can be anywhere in the stomach area) on and off most days but only at a very low level along with a muzzy type head on occasion.

I have also lost about half a stone in 2 months I was only 10st and now just under 9.5st and I'm 5ft 7. I have tweaked my diet slightly to cut out a lot of fat, but I am shocked by the weight loss.

I also had blood in the toliet bowl (not in poo) on occasions which I belive is due to my hemmeroids flairing up.

I talked all these sysmptoms through with my consultant on the phone and he did not seem to concerned and said they may not be linked. But I am really concerned as all my sysmptoms related to bile duct cancer.

He thinks on the balance of probabilities it is gallstones however my symptoms dont match that as I dont have really bad pain.

I have been ref for an endosopic ultra sound he says the wait will be 6 weeks , really worried by these time scales my last MRI and ultra sounds were done in about a week of each other after my second blood test.

Has anyone had a similar experence in particular with the weight loss? I am really worrried I have never lost so much weight and the bloating and constant discomfort is getting me down and depressed, I just have no motivation and have to force myself to do anuthing.

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