Yellow fluffy stool

Hi guys. I have noticed for about 2 months now my stool has been continuously yellow in colour and fluffy/brittle in texture, sometimes they aren't formed either. Previously my stool would alternate between yellow and brown, sometimes I would see the two colours in the one BM. My diet consists of mainly fruit, veggies, fish and rice (no gluten, lactose or red meat).

I recently had a endoscopy and colonoscopy. Everything up to and including my duodenum was clear. My colon was also clear but I had a few mild ulcers on my ileum. I wanted to get an MRI to check the rest of my small intestines but my G.I said since my weight hadn't changed (hence my body was absorbing nutrients) there was no need to further investigate.

Are my stools normal? Should I investigate further based purely on how my stools look (I have no other abnormal symptoms)?

Thanks

Hi Max,
That yellowish color can be due to the food passing through your digestive tract quickly and or insuffient bile output. Bile salts from the liver gives our bowel movements its brownish color. There's also the possibility of bacterial infection in the intestines to cause that yellow color.
After my resection I had been on Questran and after eating some food, I would have a bowel movement very quickly. The bowel movement was yellow in color.

Hi guys. Thanks for the replies. My G.I said that my symptoms aren't too far from my norm so said it wasn't neccessary to do further investigation. He said even if we did investigate further and found some more ulcers in the small intestines, the treatment (taking 3x1g Pentasa tablets per day, which I just started last week) would be the same anyway.

I have had occasional bouts of yellow stool from time to time even before these 2 months. I just can't remember having such a continuous period of yellow, brittle stool. I guess I am just interested if others have yellow stool on a continuous basis as well.

Thanks again.