I suppose I'm going to start this off by saying that yes, as you can guess by my name, I'm a massive over thinker and worrier. It's hard to think of a time now that I didn't worry I was dying from cancer. 
 

Since august last year I suffered from random intestinal and digestive issues regarding my bowels. it started with constipation and the appearance of black dots in my stool which after a visit to the doctors, had prescribed me with movicol the laxative. He was intrigued by the black dots and had me do a FIT test and several blood and stool tests over the coming months before Christmas. Naturally this worked as an effective laxative as they assumed it was stool impaction cuasing my constipation. However Because it was an over the counter medication I brought more and used it whenever I felt constipated (nearly 3 times a week).

I eventually weened myself off this by about early January and thought that I might've damaged my digestion by overusing the laxatives. It wasn't until December/ January when I swapped to a gluten free diet at the suggestion of my partner that things got better. More controlled bowel movements and the dissapearance of the black dots. I was actually feeling back to myself. 

However by about March I started getting different symptoms. Knawing stomach aches that felt like burning (usually resolved with eating), dizziness, occasionally  slightly looser stools that would now float and for a few days yellow stool. I was perturbed and visited the doctors fearing that it would be cancer related again as I had consulted the worlds best doctor (google) and it had told me I had cancer. The GP was nonetheless not concerned and suggested it was IBS mixed with a change in diet. She also suggested she could test for Gouten Intolerance but it would require me eating it again for nearly 6 weeks. Now that sounded like hell. She also seemed not concerned by the stomach aches or yellow stool, just abnormalities. 
 

after some time most of that had dissapeared again. I currently do not have the knowing pain anymore, nor do I have dizziness. 
 

Flash forward to now and I'm still having the intermittent floating stool, intestinal pain on the left side of my body and recently some pain underneath my left rib cage. I have also had another episode of yellow stool. I noticed this 'flare up' was roughly triggered after I had some alcohol at a friends ( we are talking half a cup of mead ). My partner who is a coeliac mentioned it could be a form of gastritis that is triggered by alcohol or worsened. She also mentioned I should try to ask for some omeprazole from the doctors to see if that helps the digestion of irritable foods. After some looking into my symtoms again, I noticed I fit the criteria for pancreatic cancer. I'm now obsessed with if I looked jaundiced constantly and if it dying. My anxiety has gone wild and I'm constantly now concerned I've been misdiagnosed with ibs this whole time and that this is a potentially life threatening condition I've let get worse. Going to try to contact the go today regarding an appointment.

I suppose I'm writing on here as a bit of cathartism and therapy to try to ease my anxieties but also to see if others have experienced this before and if the thing I have experienced are also in line with other medical conditions/ with ibs.

adult 23 y/o male 

Post edit: I feel like I should've mentioned that one of the biggest symptoms that's the only one or have perisisted the most is a consistent pain in my lower left abdomen, right above the hip, almost like a dull throbbing. This would obviously come and go but would flare up the most whenever I had an episode