Bowel Cancer or Stress related IBS ?

[Chrismascray]

Hi, been on this site a while now, not been on for a long time though, work etc and to be honest feeling good have meant I havent had time or inclination to post. Firstly I see on another post Dr Google, how I agree with that, God knows I have had it all and my Dr says the same as I have read for others, " you have been on the internet havent you"? she asks knowingly. To be fair though when it is 2pm and there is no one to turn to, sometimes, - ok once!, finding symptoms that you DONT have has made me feel better, that saids that was once and it doesnt stack up against the many many times I have 'fitted right in' to the symptoms I fear and the prognosis I dread.
So why post today, well I am hoping that firstly by typing this I will find the answer I seek within myself, if not then at the least fellow suffers, not that I wish suffering on anyone, but if someone else suffers the same then the odds start to stack inj my favour as I am sure many of you will know the feeling.
A while ago I had Heart Failure and or Cancer of the upper lung, guess what? I didnt - Dont!. So I pranced out of the Doctors office three foot off the ground, sure my heart has missed the odd beat and I have been a little breathless after a long walk, but it aint getting me !! ho ho, so what now, well for the last three weeks I have Bowel Cancer, or maybe testicular cancer, yep I am a guy!! or even Bladder cancer. Cant possiblky be IBS, Surely not. I have an appointment with a Doc but not for a week, HELP!. What to do, I know my Brain is good Damn good at fooling me, I have had as stated many many Illnesses, and to be fair it did all start with Bowel Cancer some 23 years ago, but after the camera up the you know where and confirmation from a Top Doc, it whent away and hasnt really returned until three weeks ago, how do you know what is real and what isnt when you cant see your trusted GP so she or he can sit and say, "if it was Cancer you would feel this look like taht or dfo the other", I have I have to admit seen Dr Google, I cannot see why I have Bowel Cancer, No blood, no Diharrea and I spelt that wrong I bet, no constipation, but lots of signs of IBS, Gurgling, pain, feeling awful, like I have a tummy bug, even pains around my lower middle, anyone else suffer similar, I wouldnt bother if it had been a three day wonder but three weeks seems too long. I know from pasdt experience I can and have had the symptoms for a long time be it Hearty failure lung cancer or Bowel Cancer, I had that for months before the Top Doc reassured me and I tripped out of the Hospital with ALL symptoms gone, but that was 23 years ago, I cannot rememer or treat it like it was yesterday. So why Post? well I guess I am hoping some will read and it will A, Help them but selfishly I also hope you will be able to help put my mind at rest as well, so anyone here had Bowel Cancer for three weeks that is realy IBS brought on by Stress, please help me out here, Thanks.
Chris
ps: Sorry about the details!! I did leave a lot of detail out as well thouigh.

[ccc28]

Funny that your thread has come up today, I was going to ask about IBS too!


I've never had it but the last few days I've had this really uncomfortable bloaty like feeling, extra trips to the loo and the stool softer than it really should be.

Just feel like I constantly need to empty by bowel as its......not sore, but just uncomfortable. New anxiety feeling for me, I suppose it was only a matter of time!

[Chrismascray]

Thank you for your input, strange isnt it, I could quite easily sit here and type a reply to you and , I am NOT a Doctor, try and assure you it is 'only' IBS and go into why it is almost defo IBS and there is nothing is to worry about, yet when it comes to myself it all seems so different .

[agent orange]

Hello. Firstly I.B.S is a disorder of many symptoms. It is a disorder that is very common and can affect each individual differently. It is a problem that affects the gut from the mouth and right through to the anus. It can bring on symptoms such as heartburn, belching, nausea, wind, loose stools/diarrhoea/constipation, with mucus in your stools, and yes on occasion blood, but this must be fresh and this can occur because of piles or damaged fissure/tear in the back passage, this is sometimes due to too much straining as sitting on the toilet can do this. You can also suffer from spasms, but not always. I am a sufferer and have all the symptoms but not spasms. My pain/discomfort is felt in and around my belly button area and sometimes to the left. It also makes you very tired and can give you a dodgy bladder known as an irritable bladder, not always. All these symptoms are linked with I.B.S but can be linked to allergies such as coeliacs disease, etc. As I am not medically trained, I only know as much as I do because I have seen specialists and have done research, it is always best to check this out with a doctor. There are some excellent sites on the internet, but be careful not to do too much googling as we all know where that can lead. Another good thing for I.B.S is peppermint such as in tea or as a tablet, this is called Colpermin or Mintec. I hope this may be of some help?

[Chrismascray]

Many Thanks for the above post, it is so confusing when one part of your brain is telling you one thing, calm down its only IBS and mostly down to stress and the other part is screaming Cancer at you, the problem I have is I need answers, once I know then all symptoms go, as has happened with my Heart disease and Lung cancer and num,eropus other things I have 'had' over the past 23 ish years. IBS Symptoms seem to mirror Cancer so closely that once I am convinced all is 'ok' I then see that hang on, that relates to C as well and back around we go. The good tyhing I have founds, at least I think it is good is, when I am busy doing manual stuff it goes away and at night when I am relaxed I can lay and all of a sudden think, 'hey its gone' and I drift of to sleep with no or much less symptoms. It is the morniong when I awake that I hear myself thinking, is it there. how do I feel, what is that feeling etc, as I am sure a lot of us do, and BANG off it goes again. Even typing this seems to take it away a little and that helps me thimnk it is mainly in my head, I can deal with that as I have for so many years, after all, I think to myself, Cancer cant go away because I feel less stressed but IBS can, cant it?.

[KOKO23CAT]

thats the key, you can't be distracted from serious illness lol