Problem with Pancreas?

Hello, I am a silent reader of this great community but now I have some questions.

Something about me: I am male, 30, used to smoke around 9 years ago, i had alcohol but very few times in my entire life that was also way before, around 9 years ago. Not so active but never been obese, weight around 84KG but now 78KG. I do use stairs tho instead of lift.

From the past 3 months, I've experienced these sudden symptoms: bloating, gas, weird bowel movements, waking up in the middle of the night (after 4, 4.5 hours of sleep) without any reason, a little excess hunger (not so). Had stool test before which showed eggs of parasites. I tool vermox dose. I guess stools were fine that time and were not greasy of foul-smelling (or I didn't notice?).

Now as of today, I have weight loss of around 6 KG in past 3 months, I have greasy foul-smelling stool that float, they are usually not pale but have undigested food particles. I don't have diarrhea or constipation and the stool is normal.

Here is a list of number of pains I have felt across my abdomen:

1. Under rib cage (right side)

2. On side of rib cage (right side)

3. 3 Inches above belly button slightly to the right side

4. Pain inline with belly button, about 2 inches on the right side

5. Pain under left rib cage (this I have started noticing only recently)

The pain, on a scale is around 2 or 3 out of 10. It comes and goes and it's very random. Sometimes I will get it after a meal, sometimes even without having a meal. It's dull ache and usually lasts 1-2 minutes or so and it can happen in any of the spots mentioned above. I have also feel and listen to gas activity in my abdomen. No rushes for toilets tho.

My diet isn't great and I am afraid to eat like I used to now (cause of weight loss?).

I've had a number of tests as well:

Standard Ultrasound - Liver normal, nothing's wrong

Gallbladder - distended with multiple small polyps measuring 2-4mm. No sludge or stones, Normal in contour and wall thickness. (GI says it's normal)

Pancreas - Head and part of body visualized normally. No fluid in visualized part. Tail obstructed by bowel gas.

Everything else was normal.

Had a stool test recently which had Bacteria - Present, Fat droplets - Present and Undigested food - Present.

Had blood tests for H.Pylori - Negative. RBC WBC etc, all normal. Not anemic.

CPR was normal <3

Creatinine was normal as well.

Fasting blood sugar tested on 2 occasions: 101.7 and 94

Lipid profile test: normal

LFT was done 2 months ago and it was normal

My GI has asked me to do a SIBO test which I am going to do soon.

Now the question is: Is this a problem with pancreas as half of it was seen normal without any problem? I am dreading cancer of the pancreas. Maybe the other half which wasn't seen had problems?

Can fatty stools and weight loss be caused by IBS alone? 

What other tests should I ask the doctor?

(Sorry for the super long post)

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