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Probably shouldn't be here but I am sick with worry. What is this ?

 
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Browneyes
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:10 pm    Post subject: Probably shouldn't be here but I am sick with worry. Reply with quote
Hi, I probably shouldn't be here until I find out what is wrong with me but I am so afraid I have colon cancer and I just cannot stop thinking about it. I went for my annual pap smear and the doctor did a rectal exam, they called me the next day and said there was blood in the stool and I need to go to a GI. I have had the rectal exam the last 3 or 4 years and have never been called back, nor have I ever seen any blood in the stool.

I have been having alot of gas pains lately, probably about the last three months, but I kind of brushed it off since basically on and off through my life I have had stomach aches, not so bad that I have ever seen a doctor for it though. Also, my back has been killing me for about a year and a half and I had already gone through a neck surgery seven years ago and went through hell with that so I am concerned now that my back pain was giving me a warning sign. I take anti flammatory now and then for the back pain and when I do it seems to calm it down but it just comes back. I am 46 and there is no history of cancer in my family, but from reading some of these posts that doesn't seem to be the case. I am so worried and sick I literally cannot even eat. I have a Dr's appt on Monday, well actually with the nurse practitioner who will then decide if I need to see the doctor. I just want to know what is wrong with me. Could it be just polyps, would they cause the bleeding and would I have the gas with that also? Thank you for listening.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Probably shouldn't be here but I am sick with worry. Reply with quote
Oh Browneyes, you are probably worrying over nothing, blood in the stools can be caused by many minor things, and some not so minor - but it doesn't mean it HAS to be cancer - I've had blood in my stools for almost 25 years - I have ulcerative colitis - but that wasn't diagnosed until 15 years ago. (You get gas with that too - but you can get excess gas with what you eat Embarassed ) Haemorrhoids, and fissures bleed - polyps can bleed too

Thats just a few off the top of my head. Yes you need to find out why, but it could just be something minor, don't worry yourself over it
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