Terrified of pancreatic cancer

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Hello, I am a 17 year old male. Recently ive been having worries about my health. A week a three days ago, i started having yellow poop, and until now it has always been the same. I am a very anxious person and tends to be worried about every single thing that seems unusual. So I searched in google to know what's wrong with my health. It turns out that the it is linked to pancreatic cancer. I got scared right away because I know for a fact that pancreatic cancer is a very painful and ruthless disease and is like a death sentence. So i thoroughly searched further and i got even more worried as the symptoms match the symptoms of pancreatic cancer. Ive been having abdomnal pain both in upper and lower abdomen and gassing too. But im not sure if it is linked to cancer because i usually lie down right away after eating meals and it might just be the one causing all of it so moved on and forgot about it. But the day after, its still the same. My poop is still light yellow so i got worried again. Its still dense though and not mushy. Until a week later, my poop turned darker, seems like yellowish brown, but this time, its not longer a hard consistent poop but rather its consistency is like ketchup. I've also been experiencing abdomnal pain, usually lower abdomen but i also get pain various regions of my upper abdomen, but unlike a normal abdomnal pain, its not that painful. Usually it feels just like some is pushing their finger into your abdomen with low-moderate strength. I started to get more worried and think if I should tell my parents about this. But its hard to go to the hospital since there have been so many cases of covid in our town and I am afraid to get out of the house because of it. Similar to my backpain, its also not that painful. but i do get painful ones sometimes but im not sure if its just the result of my poor posture when sleeping. So after that i tried to research again and looked for more symptoms then I saw jaundice and itch. I didnt have it at that time but after it, whenever i look at my eye, its almost like its in a shade of yellow and skin started to itch in various regions of my body. I want to go to the hospital right now for a checkup because I want some clarifications and thinking about it has been keeping me awake all night but its hard to get access to the hospital because of the growing covid cases in our town and my family is not in good financial shape. I just recently pooped this morning and its still yellow with slightly orange shade and and slightly mushy. and i have been experiencing back pains but no abdomnal pain. My family had no history of cancer and I dont know any relatives who have cancer, only heart diseases. I have also never smoked or drink, but i do eat process foods in the morning. Pls help me guys if you have any ideas or suggestions. Its been such a bother for me along with these loads of schoolworks. I am always unmotivated everyday because of too much thinking about whats happening with my health. Thank you.

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