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I have completed my chemotherapy of 6 months with folfox and oxaliplatin on March 12th 2020..on Sunday I notice my stool was black in colour with slight blood stains.. Just 2 loose stools after that normal colour stool was there but again today got black stool but no blood.... got my blood test done
My hemoglobin levels are 13.2
Only concern point is Amylase is 154
GGT 293
ALT 44.5
Also uric adic is 559. 75
Random sugar is normal..
Also chest xray was normal and sonography reports were normal but doctors have asked for colonoscopy
What can be the reason of my black stool?
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CEA and colonoscopy may be done if you are not on oral iron supplements
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Dr. Deepti Sharma
Radiation Oncologist
14 yrs exp
Delhi
Get Colonoscopy and S CEA to rule out disease recurrence
If any thing abnormal get PET CT
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Dr. M.Ponraj
Medical Oncologist
13 yrs exp
Palakkad
You didn't mention about baseline stage. Usually within 6 months the colon cancer will not come back. Still we should do colonoscopy and rule out recurrence
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