View Full Version : Blood in stool-PLEASE help! (TMI)
Hi guys,
I've been a regular on here since being diagnosed with health anxiety last September- I had a pain under my ribs and convinced myself I had colon cancer. I was sent for an X-ray, blood tests, an ultrasound and had my stomach examined by my GP. Everything was fine and as I was in such a state (not eating or sleeping and refusing to leave the house even to go to work) my GP referred me for CBT and put me on sertraline.
Anyway, I've been really good since then and got pregnant then gave birth to my beautiful little boy 4 months ago. Since then, little by little the anxiety has started to come back, all related to colon cancer.
I've been passing what feel like really spiky stools recently and today I had some blood in 2 bowel movements. I had some on the tissue and some in the stool. It was bright red. I have been for another BMW since then and no blood at all. Ive got no other symptoms. Given my history this is the worst possible thing to happen to me and I have had my 1st panic attack in a year. I'm at home alone with my baby and feel like I can't breathe- I really need help but I don't know what to do as its Saturday night. I feel like I'm going to die...please can someone calm me down, please..,.
Iona
Try not to worry. Fresh blood is more likely to be because of straining etc. I don't think it would be that colour if it was coming from further up your bowels.
If you've had a bowel movement since then and there hasn't been a problem you should try not to worry. Keep an eye on it, and, if you're still worried next week go to the GP.
I meant to add that the bowel movement where I first saw the blood produced an enormous stool (sorry). I'm wondering if it could have torn me? I can't stop crying
Hi,
I really feel for you and you must be going through a hard time right now but the first thing you need to do is try and calm yourself down. I know how irritating that is when someone says it, but nothing will get resolved if you're panicking all night.
I've had blood in my stools before and just ignored it, I have IBS though so I don't know if that's a symptom of it. I'm pretty sure piles is a symptom of having a bit of blood on your tissue too. I don't know how to say this but it might not have been in your stool, you might just have had a large stool and its kind of hurt/torn?
Either way, the best thing you can do at this stage is go to your doctors on Monday as I'm assuming there closed tomorrow. Its horrible waiting over the weekend but that's what I'm doing.
In the meantime try not to google any symptoms as it will only make things worse,
I hope you feel better and good luck x
But they'll be closed on Monday?? I can't breathe- how do I get to Tuesday?
You even said yourself the stool was enormous and due to straining. I can understand your worry but think about it more realistically the only reason you're worrying so much is because its your worst fear and you feel like its coming back to haunt you. Don't worrying, worrying gets you nowhere :) Just try and relax and take the time to think things over.
If the blood was fresh you have nothing to worry about
It does sound like straining however which is nothing to worry about :)
Thank you for the advice- it has helped a tiny bit but I'm now being sick. This is my worst nightmare
Don't worry...bright red is related to tears or fissures, not cancer.
Usually when they talk about blood in the stool for cancer, it tends to be darker red or black, from digestion.
I don't remember exactly what colour it was- it was red though
Hi Hun calm down please it will be from just inside your anus I had this recently n panicked but once I saw sense n calmed down I realised it must of been a fissure or piles your hormones will be all over after having a baby which is making you worry alot more if you had Colon cancer or any other bowel cancer you would know about it n your bowel movement would be awful the blood you are seeing is fine now calm down n focus on something else I really feel for you it's awful when you get yourself into a state but you will be fine ok feel free to pm anytime xx
Hi I had an episode of really dark stools merging on black diahrea and nothing since and stools went back to normal went to docs and she xamined me and asked if I had been taking my tabs for my hithus hernia and I said no and she said that was the cause of my dark stools so I have taken them faithfully and touch wood everything has returned to normal ? Don't worry about it it will only be a tear or a fissure you have hope you get better soon take care :)x
I just feel like everyone that gets colon cancer thinks "it won't be me", it might be me. Seeing a symptom of something I'm so terrified of is killing me
You will be ok I get that feeling too it just anxiety take deep breaths and you will be fine take care xx
nomorepanic
29-12-12, 23:02
I just feel like everyone that gets colon cancer thinks "it won't be me", it might be me. Seeing a symptom of something I'm so terrified of is killing me
It is not a typical symptom - bright fresh blood is ok - dried blood needs looking at.
I just wish I could believe you. I'm sitting here shaking. There's no point in going to hospital is there?
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Nicola- thank you. I've seen a lot of your replies to similar threads and have always found them helpful. What does dried blood look like? Sorry if that sounds daft...and if fresh blood isn't typical why do all the bowel cancer websites/ NHS list it? Or am I misreading?
No point Button1. Your GP should order a stool test to check for it. Mine didn't bother but so you may need to push them. However bright red blood is generally not a concern, black stool or dark red blood often is.
As you've said that it's sometimes on the stool/paper and sometimes not that would say hemorrhoids to me and that's what my GP said as well.
nomorepanic
29-12-12, 23:52
It is not urgent to get it checked out but if you are worried Monday then the doctor's are open I think for emergencies or call the out of hours doc and see them.
nomorepanic
29-12-12, 23:52
Try this:
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/cancer-questions/blood-in-the-stool-is-it-cancer
They advise to get it checked out of course.
Ok nicola thanks.
I haven't had any more blood in subsequent bm's. is that a good sign?
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 00:17
I get a lot of blood sometimes and then it calms down.
Yes it is a very good sign and things are settling down.
Thanks Nicola, I'm really glad you replied! I'm lying here awake, trying not to wake my husband or baby with my crying...and I'll be up in 3 hours doing a feed!
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 01:18
piles are very common in pregnant women and you only gave birth 4 months ago so you could have them still.
AuntieMoosie
30-12-12, 02:50
Hello :)
Hun what everyone's telling you is right :)
Please try and calm yourself, the more of a panic we get into, the less able we are to think straight so that everything seems like it's a whole lot worse than it really is :)
I think you may have a little scratch or tear inside your anus, you gave a clue when you said about passing "spiky stools" I had that same symptom hun, it's not the stools that are "spiky" it's inside your anus that is inflamed.
I, too, was passing bright red blood, this all followed a period of me suffering from constipation. I went along and saw my doctor, she examined me and said all was well and the bleeding was just because I'd been constipated and had probably scratched the inside of my anus a bit. She gave me some ointment for it which really helped and something to stop my getting constipated.
As has already been said, bright red blood is usually not a problem, that normally comes from the anus or rectum :)
Most doctors surgery's should be open as normal on Monday I would think, they will however be shut on Tuesday being New Years Day.
There is no need for you to panic hun, this can wait until you can get in to see your doctor, failing that, you can always ring NHS Direct and speak with one of their highly trained nurses for reassurance :)
Try to put it to the back of your mind now and enjoy spending time with your new baby, they grow up all too quickly, so treasure the time now hun :) :hugs:
I've had a bit more blood- bright red. Felt like another spiky stool. In full on meltdown...
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 14:32
Please read all the replies on here again. We are all sure it is nothing serious at all.
Do go and see the doc tomorrow though as you will just continue worrying.
Thank you Nicola- I needed that! I've spoken to the out of hours gp who says hes 99% sure its piles. In fact he thought I was so upset because I was embarrassed!!! Men...anyway they're actually much more concerned about the level of anxiety I'm exhibiting and have been calling me back regularly to check I'm ok. They feel that I may need to be medicated again...
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I'm really not coping...my mind is racing...I don't think I can get through a night of this
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 18:22
What is worrying you about it?
I'm going to die I know it. I know it's worse than piles. I can't get through the night feelin like this. I need to see someone, I need to know I'm ok
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 18:39
You are not going to die!
It is probably a tear/fissure.
I have sat on the loo and blood has literally dripped out mine was that bad.
Go to the doctor's tomorrow and tell them you need examining
It's the probably that gets me. It's all I can think about
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 18:47
Well we can't diagnose a pile and / or a fissure without examining you and we can't do that lol so that is why I said probably.
You need to go and see the doc and get him to have a look/feel.
You will not die from this tonight I promise.
I know I won't die tonight! But I feel like I'm going to die from whatever this is, I feel like it has to be cancer...
And sorry for picking up on the probably! It's a good job you aren't here or I'd be getting you to have a look!
nomorepanic
30-12-12, 20:14
Well if it is cancer then I should in theory have it too which I don't lol.
We have not have anyone on here yet with this sort of thing being diagnosed with anything more than piles and fissures and I believe it can be from diverticular disease which I have as well as the Crohn's.
Go and see the doc tomorrow for an examination please.
I know- I've read all of your posts (I think!) and I know you've experienced bleeding.
Speaking to the out of hours gp helped as she confirmed that I've got all the symptoms of piles and none of anything else but I keep thinking of those people who go to the doctors thinking there's nothing wrong and coming out with terminal cancer...
I will book an emergency appointment tomorrow. I just wish this wasn't happening...
So I booked an emergency appointment at my surgery today which unfortunately meant I couldn't see my usual doctor. I was so over anxious I just couldn't bear it so took whatever appointment I could get...the man I saw was unsympathetic to say the least. I admit I was upset but when I was trying to explain what was wrong he just kept barking "speak up! I can't understand you! Speak up!!" When I managed to tell him what was going on he examined me and found a cut inside my bum (which I can definitely feel now!) and said that was the likely cause of the bleed. I asked him for reassurance that it wasn't anything more sinister and he said that it wasn't bowel cancer as it doesn't present in the way my symptoms have. I am going for a blood test however to check I'm not anaemic.
I don't know how I feel now- in some ways just being dismissed helped as I felt there really couldn't be anything wrong with me but I'm also scared that he hasn't been careful enough. He just prescribed lactulose and sent me away.
I've calmed down alot, but I'm not as reassured as I hoped I would be and I'm scared to eat in case I have to poo (it has been 48 hours now). How can I put this to the back of my mind and believe the doc?
AuntieMoosie
31-12-12, 16:14
I'm so glad that you went and saw the doctor.
Hun now it's time to lay this to rest, all you're doing is driving yourself into a frenzy and that's not going to help you.
The little tear that you've got will heal up quickly, mine was better in about a week :)
Hun you must keep eating too, otherwise you will make yourself constipated and that will prevent the tear from healing. Eat lots of fibre, plenty of fruit and veg and make sure that you drink plenty of water, that will keep your stools nice and soft and easy to pass, therefore enabling the tear to heal.
You haven't got bowel cancer and you're not going to die hun :) :hugs:
I have had all the symptoms you have and it is just hemorrhoids for me. But seriously, you don't have bowel cancer. My mom had a tumor in her colon and they found out because she had non-stop (literally non-stop) diarhea and extreme pain. She never had bleeding! So please don't worry. :hugs:
I'm no better today- the anxiety has just taken over and I'm so so down. I've locked myself in the bathroom because I can't bear to see anyone. Every time I hold my baby I just break down in tears, I'm so convinced I'm dying. I need help ..
nomorepanic
01-01-13, 17:27
Awww sorry you feel so bad but you really aren't dying, you just have a tear/fissure and it will heal in time but you do need to eat more fruit and fibre to soften the bowel movements.
I do think that you should talk to your doctor about the Health Anxiety though and see if you can get some therapy for that.
Things look bad now but they can get better ok?
aw sweetheat, i rreally feel for you. my exwife had simmilar probs just after my daughter was born. try not to worry too much (i know its hard). i really hope this will resolve itself very soon, but the thing about anxiety is - the more you worry, the worse it gets. Big hugs to you, your partner and your baby.
I just keep thinking that so many people with bowel cancer are misdiagnosed and misdiagnosed until its too late and that's happening to me...
nomorepanic
01-01-13, 18:12
Bowel cancer is completely treatable though NOT that I think you have it.
You need to give the fissure time to heal and if things continue after that then see the doc again.
Well I have my period at the moment so I can't tell what's going on but that's my fear- what if it keeps happening? What if everyone is wrong? I can't have cancer, I just can't
nomorepanic
01-01-13, 18:47
Well I get it a lot and as I said I don't have cancer. If yours continues then you can ask the GP to refer you to a specialist who can do a sigmoidoscopy / colonoscopy.
I can't spend any more time like this, I'm desperate and no one can help...I need to know I'm ok
nomorepanic
01-01-13, 19:13
You are making things worse for yourself to be honest. You have to stop worrying cos it is not good to get so stressed like this.
You have seen a doctor and they found a fissure. They didn't say NOTHING was found, they found something that will most definitely cause the blood. Trust them ok.
ait is the same probability that you have bowel cancer as my footy team (barnsley - bottom of the league) has of winning the title. My uncle has it and I;ve phoned my aunty and you havnt got the right symptoms. trust me, you would really know if you had. The bleeding would be alot of bleeding an{more than a period) and chronic dark or dark red dihorea with abdominal pain. Please try to stop worrying about it. Go to the doctors - yes, tell all about it. they will be open tommorow, otherwise go to out of hours service or even A&E. xx
I really feel for you as you sound just like me when I was panicking about blood in my bowels I never saw a doc and it just went...
You are ok really . If you read this from someone else's perspective you would see that you are ok. Come back and read this in a few weeks time and you will see how anxiety was making you think the worst.
I recently read all my threads back thinking 'how irrational' and riduclous I was and I'm still here :D
I'm sorry, I know I'm frustrating. I don't want to feel like this. I frustrate myself more than anyone, believe me. And I know my husband is at the end of his tether. I'm just in such a state and I can't seem to relax. I told myself before my docs appointment that I wanted them to find piles or a cut because then I'd know that was what the problem was as I have no other worrying symptoms. But then they found the cut and here I am, as worried and upset as ever. I'm too terrified to eat or go to the toilet and I can't go on like that much longer.
I know what your feeling your not frustrating anyone.
Theirs not much I can say though that will calm you by the sounds of you.
Are you on meds.cbt.? Does your gp understand the extent of your anxiety.
You need to make them aware and then they can help you.
In the mean time you do not have cancer if they thought you did they wouldn't of sent you home . They found a cut it will heal but imagine it like a scab being picked its going to bleed when you go to the loo :)
Oh you poor thing :(
So many of us have been here, I can hear the desperation and fear in your post and we all know how that feels :(
I so wish I could give you a big hug. I bleed a lot when I have tears and piles, it is scary but your GP is right. They have found a reason for your bleeding. If they had said there was nothing there then you might have a reason to worry, but he found something that is causing it. It will settle down sweetie. It isn't cancer, it is health anxiety.
Do you have much support in real life? Please please go back to your GP. NOT for your bleeding but for your mental health. We are all here for you and understand you but you need some proper help for anxiety.
I was on sertraline until I got pregnant last November and I had CBT until the end of July. I never felt confident about CBT- it didn't feel 'strong' enough to tackle my anxiety and the tools it gave me certainly haven't helped me on this occasion. I don't feel like I need to be medicated all the time- I have an episode like this maybe once or twice a year. But I need a way to tackle it when it does happen. I just don't know what that might be- I just feel like I want to go to sleep and not wake up until its all over... It would help if I could see my regular gp but she doesn't have any appointments until the middle of January.
Maybe the gp does think it could be something- he is sending me for a blood test?
nomorepanic
01-01-13, 20:57
Maybe the gp does think it could be something- he is sending me for a blood test?
That is to test for anemia
But surely they're testing for anaemia because they think I'm bleeding internally? And that's cancer?
nomorepanic
01-01-13, 21:21
Noooooooooooooooooo not at all.
If they thought you were bleeding internally you would be in hospital by now!
When was the last time you had blood?
AuntieMoosie
01-01-13, 21:39
Hun I'm sorry that you're really struggling with this but please believe us when we say you have not got cancer and you are not going to die :)
If the doctor that you saw the other day had even the slightest suspicion that you had cancer, he would have immediately sent you for further tests and investigations, I know for a fact, that things move very quickly if ever a doctor suspects any form of cancer :)
As Nicola has said, if you has internal bleeding, you would have been in hospital by now, so you certainly haven't got that either :)
It is very normal for a doctor to do a blood test for anaemia if a patient has had any sort of bleeding, it's just a precaution hun and nothing else :)
I think you need to get yourself back to your doctors and explain to them how you're really feeling with this fear that you have, they will be able to help you hun :) :hugs:
So why would they give me a blood test? I started my period on Sunday so I can't tell now if there's blood in my BM. As a result I'm not looking at the moment just because my anxiety is so bad...
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God you guys are amazing...
Thanks AuntieMoosie! I just thought he didn't care. He didn't examine my belly or anything and didn't ask me any bowel cancer related questions. I at least thought he'd want a stool sample? Although I'm glad he didn't...I just felt like he wanted me out. He just said "keep an eye on it and make an appointment with your own doctor after the blood test".
I've got an appointment with my doctor at the end of next week. She's really hard to get an appointment with simply because she's so amazing...I know I need help. I don't feel like this all the time but when I do it leaves me completely unable to cope. I don't have that option now, my baby needs me and I'm letting him down.
You would know if you were bleeding internally as you would feel very ill, I was just over two years ago and was rushed in by ambulance after losing blood both ends but it was black not bright red, I had a 6 pint blood transfusion and was very very ill for a few days, even though I was losing blood though it was not cancer there are lots of reasons why it happens.
Please stop worrying and listen to what everyone is telling you, I know it is not easy but you will be fine. Try and relax xxx
I just want to say thank you to everyone for your support over the past couple of days. I'm not in a good way but you have all kept me going when I didn't feel like I was going to be able to get through another hour, let alone another day. I'm sure I'll be back tomorrow but amidst all the moaning, I just wanted to let you know how valuable you've been. Am going to go and try and get some sleep...
Well I've managed to not eat or really drink all day because I'm so scared of going to the loo. My husband has made me have dinner and now I'm sitting here in a panic because I know I'm going to have to go...
nomorepanic
03-01-13, 01:17
and that will make things 100 times worse when you do !
I can go about 7 times a day so you get used to it with these sort of problems
If you don't eat the stools will be hard and will make it worse to be honest.
Please eat and drink ok cos you are going to feel ill if you don't
Nicola is right, I know what it is like to be afraid to go but you have to eat fiber and drink a lot of fluid so that you don't strain. When I don't eat enough fiber or drink enough water I get constipated, then strain, and then am more likely to bleed because it aggravates the hemorrhoids. Sorry if that was TMI but it's true and I don't want you to make it worse because it will worry you.
I've had some cereal and orange juice this morning and am totally terrified. So far I've seen two adverts for cancer today : (
So I've eaten today but I'm having an awful day...I nearly crashed my car earlier (I was driving my baby) because I was crying so hard behind the wheel. I've tried to get an earlier appointment to see my gp but she isn't back until 14th January. My blood tests are tomorrow and I just don't know how I'm going to cope. I'm really struggling at home with my son and can't face going out because I just can't act 'normal'- I'm on the brink of tears all the time : (
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If I'm on my period won't that affect my blood tests? How long do bloods take to come back? My husband says he's not sure I'll survive much longer and he doesn't know what to say anymore...
nomorepanic
03-01-13, 21:07
What is worrying you so much Button? None of us think you have cancer but you do and you are making yourself ill over it. You need to talk to the doctor and get some therapy such as CBT. Get on the list now cos you could wait some time for it.
This amount of stress is really not good for your health and you have been told what is causing the bleeding and you have to accept that now and let it heal.
You will be feeling 100 times worse as well because you are not eating enough to sustain yourself over the day.
Please get some help asap as you can't carry on like this can you?
What does he mean by "you won't survive much longer"?
Anxious lu
03-01-13, 21:38
Sorry if this has been said before I haven't time to read the whole thread through. Is it more likely to be piles from giving birth.. You can get them inside as well as outside they may be catching / tearing when you pass stools.
I read thy black stools are more to worry about than bright red as that's something close to the end rather than in your digestive system/stomache x
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Oh I see you know what it is now.. Sorry
You really don't have anything to worry over x
What is worrying me is that I do have cancer- the bleeding is the one thing I've always always been frightened of and the only thing that has calmed me down in the past is that I didn't have any blood. It feels like the biggest red flag symptom of bowel cancer you can have and I have it. What if the cut is just a coincidence? It might not be bleeding at all?
I had 18 sessions of CBT last year and neither my therapist or I were sure that it had been particularly successful. It was great in that finally I had someone to talk to who understood the way my mind worked and it was the only thing that convinced me at the time that I had a mental problem rather than a physical one. I was having a really good stable period at the time so had no opportunity to use the CBT tools but now I'm back in this awful place the things I've learned aren't helping me at all. I feel like by telling myself I'm fine that I'm lulling myself into a false sense of security.
My CBT therapist said that I had a "chronic inability to deal with uncertainty" and that's what's plaguing me now. I feel like I need to know NOW that I'm ok- I just want a doctor to tell me this minute that I'm fine, I can't deal with not knowing...I want to believe all the lovely people on here who've been so kind and patient in helping me, and it does help for a few minutes, but then I'm back in this desperate place.
My husband has basically been dealing with me in hysterics every night at home and the anxiety along with the not eating and sleeping are making him very worried. If the blood tests take a while to come back, he doesn't know how I'll physically cope. I took our baby to his office today in tears because I couldn't deal with my thoughts and looking after my little boy. Fortunately he's the boss so he was able to come and help me out but obviously I can't keep doing that. It's all just a mess...
Sorry for the long post : ( x
nomorepanic
03-01-13, 22:30
Dried dark blood in the stool is a big red flag for cancer not fresh bright red blood.
The cut will be bleeding just like any other cut you get but it is harder to heal because bowel movements will keep aggrevating it. You can't stick a plaster on it and it heal like other cuts.
Why not go back to the docs and tell them all of what you posted above.
We can advise but I don't think you believe us so it needs to come from a professional.
You need to calm down though as you are wasting a life worrying and that is very sad to see.
AuntieMoosie
03-01-13, 22:36
Oh hun, I'm sorry you're still having a tough time with this.
I'm just wondering whether you might have postnatal depression hun. Obsessive thoughts like this, often go hand in hand with depression as well as anxiety :)
You do know that you can always ring your health visitor for advice too don't you hun? They're really very good with this sort of thing, very supportive and someone to listen to you :)
Hun, honestly, you have nothing to be frightened of :) You have not got cancer :)
I very much doubt that anything unusual will show up in your blood test results, that's being done as a precaution just to check for aneamia, and there's no problem if you have that because it's completely treatable with iron tablets :)
Please try and do all you can do to keep yourself as relaxed as you possibly can. All this stress is not helping you or your body and it can make you feel very run down. Try having some nice warm baths, put some candles in your bathroom, safely of course, and really try and relax. Keep telling yourself that everything is going to be fine :) :hugs:
I know that all of that is true- it just doesn't seem to make any difference to the way I think. I didn't even believe my doctor last time this happened but she just told me that no matter what I wouldn't be getting any more tests so I had to give up (after my husband told me he wouldn't be paying for private tests.) I've lived ever since with the suspicion that they missed something.
The saddest thing is that this is wasting an amazingly precious time in my life- I have a beautiful baby, a home, a husband who loves me and a good job to go back to. My husband came home last night with a big smile on his face and said "isn't life so exciting? We've got so much to look forward to!" And I burst into tears and just brought him down. It's not fair on him or our son and I hate myself for it.
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AuntieMoosie- I've been monitored for PND and I did have a tough first 8 weeks but got alot better after that and my gp said I was fine. My health visitor was put on high alert too so ive been very well looked after.
The state I'm in now is pretty much a carbon copy of the state I was in just before I got pregnant last year- despite the medication, the therapy and my doctor seeing me every couple of weeks, I've not made much progress : (
So I've had my blood taken...apparently it can take up to a week to come back : (
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 12:22
They say a week but mine has generally been back within a few days so I would call them on Tuesday and ask if the results are back
What am I looking for in the results?
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 13:35
Well they will tell you if there is anything abnormal so you don't need to look for anything as such.
Oh god...ok. I really hope they're back soon, I can't do much more of this.
Do you think the doctor would have told me if he thought my case was urgent? He was quite dismissive but I'm now worried that he didn't tell me I have a problem because I was so upset...do they do that?
I'm driving myself mental- I don't know where to turn for help? Results and seeing my doctor seem so far away : (
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 20:40
It will be a routine blood test and to be honest I wasn't really sure why he did it as you can't have lost that much blood to be anaemic.
Have you had any bleeding since?
I don't know as I've had my period and haven't been looking as obviously there would be blood at this time of the month.
Oh god- I wonder why he did this?? Are you sure it isn't because he thinks it's serious?
You wouldn't of been sent home if he suspected cancer .
Properly just to put your mind at rest.
I really wouldn't worry about it, try to relax until the results and you will see you are ok.
My heart is literally racing now...my husband has had a right go at me for my anxiety levels...
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Oh my god my chest is so tight. I'm shaking. He thinks I have cancer, he's checking for cancer...oh my god, what am I going to do???
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 21:19
Yes and rightly so because when nothing is found, you did all this stressing over nothing serious.
You need to learn how to relax. Go and have a bath with some smelly candles and some soothing music on.
Why is he checking my bloods?? You said yourself you can't understand? Why does everyone think that I'm worrying for nothing?
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 21:21
Ok let's turn this around. So what if you have cancer? My neighbour had bowel cancer - he is not dead! He is very much alive.
Bowel cancer is one of the more treatable cancers as you can lose quite a lot of your bowel and still function normally.
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 21:22
I said I didn't see why he would check for anaemia with such little blood loss. Perhaps he does that as standard.
Because his told you have a cut/tear.
They're going to take time to heal as going to the loo aggravates it. Like a scab if you keep picking it off
Fresh red blood is not a sign of cancer.
His doing this to put your mind at rest.
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 21:23
I don't know as I've had my period and haven't been looking as obviously there would be blood at this time of the month.
Oh god- I wonder why he did this?? Are you sure it isn't because he thinks it's serious?
You can still tell where the blood is coming from though. If you had a bowel movement you would know it was coming from the backside.
Could he be using the bloods to check for cancer without telling me?
I'm frightened of cancer, it's the centre of my health anxiety, I don't worry about anything else..,
almamatters
04-01-13, 21:35
The blood tests are pretty routine, I had blood tests as well when I had a similar issue in summer. I had been losing small amounts of blood during bowel movement ( mine was a internal pile) The GP is being thorough .
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 21:37
Why are you so worried about cancer can I ask?
It's just my issue. I don't know why but the thought of it cripples me, the thought that it can spread and I'd always be waiting for it to come back. MI can't talk about this now, I'm feeling really really bad
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 21:46
Well I don't think you have cancer at all but I think you should get some more help for your extreme HA as it is seriously effecting your life and you can't carry on like this can you?
Is it extreme? it just feels like life. I can't carry on. I can barely make it to the end of every day. I don't know how I'll get through tomorrow and then I have to wait for the bloods and then my gp isn't back until 14th January. How do I make it?
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 22:08
It is very extreme yes.
Read what you said - you can't carry on, you can barely make it to the end of the day.
That is extreme.
You accept that what will be will be and whatever happens you will deal with it at the time. You can't change fate so just ride with it.
I've never felt it was extreme- I just thought this was what health anxiety was for everyone?
I'm not in a place where I can just "ride with it". I genuinely don't know how I'm going to get through the next few days and I'm not sure who can help.
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 22:20
Go and see a doctor and tell them all of this please
Do you think I should just make an appointment with another doctor before my regular gp returns? The doctor I saw on Monday was not interested in helping me with my anxiety
Button I think that Nicola is trying to say that you need help now, you cannot go on like this, I have been reading your thread for the past few days and I did post at one point and say that I had had an actual bleed two years ago and was very very ill, one it was black blood not bright red and even so it was not cancer it was something that can just happen sometimes, my blood count went down to 4.2 and I had to have a 6 pints blood transfusion, believe me if you were losing blood you would feel very very ill. They have told you you have a cut and this really will heal and if you are bleeding from piles they will heal too, I had them after the birth of my children and occasionally suffer because of that but it goes away again.
You are doing this to yourself, please enjoy your baby and husband and stop worrying, please go and get some help.
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 22:32
Do you think I should just make an appointment with another doctor before my regular gp returns? The doctor I saw on Monday was not interested in helping me with my anxiety
Yes because what will happen is they say the blood tests are normal and then you will still question whether they tested for cancer or not so you need to go and tell them your worries and that you HAVE to be told it is not cancer.
I am really grateful for everyone's advice and TIME. This thread is so long and people have been so kind to stick with me. This is my only lifeline, my husband doesnt know what to say to me anymore and even said he was worried about the effect I'm having and will have upon our child. That breaks my heart.
If you ever met me, you'd never know that this was an issue for me- I have a couple of degrees and hold a very responsible job but this is threatening to destroy me. I'm heartbroken and terrified, i'm living in my worst nightmare- and if it wasn't for this board I'd also be extremely lonely. I'm going to have to try and find a way to make it to Monday and see what I can do then. I'm just worried about seeing another gp who may not understand...
Button try and relax and stop worrying, your husband obviously cares about you very much and you have a beautiful baby, you just need some help at the moment and I think that rather than talk about the blood issue you need to somehow get across to them what is going through your mind, I think you need something to calm you down and some medication to help you. Could you husband go with you and explain for you.
I hate to think of anyone being this unhappy. xx
nomorepanic
04-01-13, 22:54
We really do not think it is cancer at all I promise. You have a tear and that will bleed.
Just go and tell the doctor how you feel - in fact get your hubbie to talk on your behalf cos he can tell them how worried you are etc.
Please try and spend some time with your family as you cannot get back those months with a baby and you will one day regret you put so much wasted energy into worrying like this.
Promise me as well you will do some relaxation etc.
Thank you. I'm not sure how to relax as such- when I stop I feel like I can feel the tumours so I have to keep going or I panic. Relaxing and sleeping aren't proving easy...
I know I need serious help. If I'm still anything like as bad on Monday I'll see another gp I think...
nomorepanic
05-01-13, 02:35
I just wanted to wish you all the best and I am sure everything will be ok and please don't worry.
I won't be replying on NMP anymore for the time being but wanted to wish you the best.
AuntieMoosie
05-01-13, 04:43
Hello hun :)
I'm in full agreement that you need to go and see a doctor about how you're feeling about all this at the earliest opportunity, as has been said, take hubby along with you so that he too can tell the doctor just how much this is effecting you :)
Hun your HA at the moment is sky high, it's even effecting your ability to think straight and rational, it's your HA that has got to be dealt with, your fear of bowel cancer is just a symptom of your HA and you have to deal with the route cause which is your HA :)
Your hubby is probably beside himself with worry for you, he's must feel helpless and that's not a nice thing to be feeling. Your beautiful baby also needs you hun, and he too, will be picking up your stress, so this situation is now impacting on the whole family and that is why it has to be dealt with now :)
Once again hun, your blood test is NOTHING to do with cancer, it is just to check for aneamia, that is all it is :)
Please hun spend the weekend doing all you can to get yourself relaxed. Go have a nice walk in the park with hubby and baby, look around you and see the wonderful things in life, there are so many :) :hugs:
I just wanted to let you know that I found the courage to actually look at my BM this morning. No blood that I could see in the bowl and none on wiping. It didn't feel too spiky either...
I will be making an urgent appointment to speak to a gp on Monday x
Good news Button, it sounds like it is all healing nicely.
Try and have a nice weekend and yes please make that appointment on Monday and let us all know how you get on.
xxx
Having a down day today and just need to get it out...I'm so so tired, I barely have the energy to speak, my back hurts, my stomach is twinging and gurgling (though I've only had a piece of toast today) and I'm convinced its all cancer. At the moment I dont have the energy to even panic though I can feel my heart skipping beats.
I've not seen any blood today though in the 1 BM I've had. I don't know what the point of this post is, I just need to get it out. I don't want to annoy anyone by continuing to post on this and I am contacting the doctor tomorrow it's just I'm on my own and needed someone to fire this at.
Thanks x
HI Button, your tummy is twinging and gurgling because it is hungry, I suffer badly at times with IBS and diverticulitus and it is worse if you starve yourself, there is lots of acid in your tummy and it needs to work on something and you will be tired and have no energy if you don't eat.
You need to eat to be able to look after your little baby.
You are not annoying anyone, I really feel for you as you really need some help.
xxx
I'm going to try and eat some dinner now even though I'm petrified of going to the toilet- it feels like it will bring on another panic attack.
When I am feeling really bad I do look back through all these posts and it does give me some real comfort. In fact when I went to bed last night (well this morning) it was the last thing I did and something obviously sank in as I suddenly felt like a weight had been lifted! It then made me realise just how bad I've been feeling...it didn't last but hopefully over the next few days I'll get the help and information I need x
Good you must try and eat normally or your tummy is not going to know where it is and you will cause yourself discomfort.
As I said in an earlier post I have been very ill from blood loss and it was nothing like what you had and more importantly it was not cancer.
Please try and get a good nights sleep and tomorrow take some steps to sort all this out, it is not good for you or your family. xxxx
My tummy was quite upset today but I didn't eat much yesterday and what I did have I had to eat quickly as my baby was crying. I have most difficulty eating in the evenings as this is when I tend to be most anxious.
I've eaten and my tummy isn't hurting but my head is swimming and I am finding it difficult to breathe as my chest is tight.
I am glad you have eaten, your other symptons are anxiety, try and relax, I know that is difficult for you but tomorrow you can start afresh at trying to sort all this out.
xxx
I hope so. I haven't got the strength to keep living like this, the fear is killing me and it's hurting my relationship with my baby. I need this to be over : (
AuntieMoosie
06-01-13, 23:42
Hi there :)
I'm so glad that you're eating again hun, that's probably why you feel a little dizzy too. Eating will help keep your bowel moving and the stools more comfortable to pass which will, in turn, help your little tear to heal up nicely :)
When you feel you need to open your bowels, take a little radio in the ladies room with you, take nice, slow, deep breaths, in through your nose and out through your mouth and just let yourself really relax, keep telling yourself that it's all ok and I'm going to be fine :)
Hun this horrible time that you're having will come to an end and you will feel better :)
Try and look forward to something nice, the Spring wont be long getting here and think of all the lovely things you, hubby and your little baby will be able to do......it will probably be the first time you take your little one to the sea side, do you know, I still remember the first time I took my babies to the beach......funny how things stick in your mind.........my Son, now big and grown up didn't like the feel of the sand on his feet and my daughter thought it was just great to eat the sand!!! lol
Keep talking hun, I know it helps to get it off your mind, it always does with me too :) :hugs: :hugs:
Thank you for all the advice...I've had loose stools today but I'm thinking that's probably down to the erratic eating/ tension/ IBS? Terrible timing as usual...I don't need another cancer symptom...
Called the doctors this morning and there are no appointments at all this week : ( so I guess I'm going to have to sit it out for another week until I see my own GP...it's going to be a long 7 days...
Hi Button, don't worry about loose stools because that will help your tear mend and it is normal for everyone to vary from day to day, I suffer with IBS and diverticulitus really badly at times and it makes all this very haywire.
You will get through the next week, it is a shame that you culd not get an emergency appointment (not because I think there is anthing wrong with you physcially) but I really think you need to get some help with your anxiety and the way you are thinking.
We will try and help you get through the next week.
xxxxx
Thanks Janine, that's so kind. The doctor I saw on Monday said they wouldn't deal with my anxiety in an emergency appointment. I'm trying to be calm today, it's so hard to know what to feel and what I'm bringing on myself and what's really there. I'm having awful visions of the doctor calling me about something wrong with my blood tests...but I'm just trying to devote myself to my baby today. He's really unsettled and it will be because he's picking up on my tension...
AuntieMoosie
08-01-13, 01:47
Hello Button :)
You're going to be just fine hun :) The loose stools are probably a symptom of your anxiety and it's perfectly normal hun :) As had been said, that will help heal your tear too :)
Stop frightening yourself over the blood test results, they are only testing for aneamia and I'm sure they will come back all good and no problem :)
It's a shame that you're not able to get an appointment with your doctor for another week hun. Does your surgery offer telephone call appointments? A lot do now, mine being one of them. Could you ring your surgery tomorrow and ask if you could possible have a doctor ring you just so that you can get them to try and put your mind at rest hun?
It's so lovely to hear that you're spending time with your baby :) Enjoy him hun, because believe me, they grow up all too soon.
Just try as hard as you can to keep yourself occupied and your mind busy that way, the scary thoughts wont be able to get through hun.
We're all still here hun :) :hugs:
Well the stools went back to normal yesterday- I think my system just doesn't know whether it's coming or going...
My worry with having anemia would be that that's often a sign of cancer, especially bowel cancer as those tumours bleed. That's why I'm so worried.
That's a good idea to ask about telephone appointments- I don't know whether my surgery offers that or not but I'll find out, that could be so helpful...
I'm trying not to focus on my fears but I'm almost scared of not bein scared because I almost feel like I need to be prepared for the worst...
sosickoffeelingsick
08-01-13, 10:22
Hi I've just read through all this and as I'm in the grip of a scare at the moment I can sympathise. Everyone else has said it perfectly though about your cancer worries. I fully believe you DO NOT have cancer. I DO however think you may be anaemic..but please please don't worry.. it is very common after having a baby! It's nothing sinister. Anaemia can cause the lack of energy, tiredness and general feeling of unwell which you have been complaining of. I was anaemic after having my son, who is now 18 months old. Please don't link that up to your fear, if you are anaemic the doctor will simply prescribe you iron tablets which will regulate your iron levels and will have you feeling a lot better, it's actually quite routine after giving birth..a lot of my mummy friends were the same. One warning though..the tablets will give you very dark stools and also might make you constipated but this is all solely down to the tablets, nothing else. Please remember that as I suspect your HA would chalk it up to something else if you aren't prepared beforehand.
I hope you feel better soon :hugs:
Sosickoffeelingsick- well done for getting through all of this thread, it's turning into war and peace! And thank you for your perspective on possible anaemia. I haven't actually been feeling tired or anything (amazingly given I have a baby!) until this whole scare started and I then haven't been sleeping or eating so I have been putting my lack of energy etc down to that. But I will bear it in mind, thanks
sosickoffeelingsick
08-01-13, 13:59
it's probably all a viscious cycle. Our overworking minds don't help at all. I just wanted you to not be alarmed at being tested for anaemia, it's often quite routine after pregnancy. And if you do have it, again don't be alarmed..it will right itself with the help of some supplements. And as I said before if you do have tablets and they wreak even more havoc on your bowels don't allow your brain to jump to the nasty fears.
P.s congratulations on your baby :-)
Do you think I might have heard by now if there was a problem? I had my blood taken at 9am on Friday morning...
Having a really bad night- another spiky feeling stool and a tiny bit of fresh red blood on the paper only (that I can see). My bum is uncomfortable. I know everyone says this is the fissure but I can't take this fear anymore, I'm desperately trying to eat but trying not to go to the loo because I'm terrified of seeing the blood : ( this is starting to feel unbearable again : (
Anxiety Jim
09-01-13, 01:57
Having a really bad night- another spiky feeling stool and a tiny bit of fresh red blood on the paper only (that I can see). My bum is uncomfortable. I know everyone says this is the fissure but I can't take this fear anymore, I'm desperately trying to eat but trying not to go to the loo because I'm terrified of seeing the blood : ( this is starting to feel unbearable again : (
I haven't read this entire thread but I can relate. Last year I used to get a bit of blood on the toilet paper, which was worrying me, but then it would stop. And I kind of got used to it happening every so often. But one day I went to the toilet, wiped and the paper was covered with bright red blood, and when I looked in the bowl the water was completely red, there was a LOT of blood (I was close to going to A+E because I thought I had lost so much blood), I went to see my GP the next day, he examined me and said it looked like a fissure, for about a week there was a bit of blood, and then it stopped.
I still get blood once a month or so, but I try not to worry about it.
I just can't deal with it. I'm keeping my husband awake with my crying and having my little baby beside me is just making me more upset. I'm having visions of leaving him without a mummy : ( I'm trying to be rational and positive and I've done so well over the past day or so but can't keep it up...
AuntieMoosie
09-01-13, 03:20
aww Button hun you're letting those scary thoughts frighten you again hun.
You're going to be absolutely fine :)
It sounds exactly like a little fissure/tear. The only reason it's started bleeding again is because you've had to pass a hard stool and that has irritated it. This is why it's most important that you keep eating to keep your bowel moving, eat plenty of fruit, veg and fibre as this will keep the stools nice and easy to pass so as not to put a strain on the fissure :)
You have been doing so well and you can do well again hun. Confront your scary thoughts and rationalize them, keep telling yourself that you haven't got cancer, you're not going to die and everything is going to be just fine :)
Try your best to get some sleep as this will help you to relax and come down from the anxiety :hugs: :hugs: :hugs:
Button, Auntie Moosie is right you have just irritated the tear having a hard stool, they feel spiky because they are hard and if you are trying not to go they will be, please eat properly. Try to stop worrying, lots of people have these little tears or piles that cause the bright red blood on the paper.
You have done so well the past few days don't let this get you in a state again. you will be fine. I know it isn't easy for you.
xxxx
I'm trying, it's just I can't tell the difference between what's real and what's my anxiety...it's driving me insane...
I Know, I really feel for you, it is your anxiety, have you not got a friend that you can ring and talk to or meet up with just to help take your mind off things and get out of the house, if not just put your baby in the pram and go for a nice walk.
A lot of it is because you are thinking too much and we all do that at times and just have to try and focus on something else, easy to say, hard to do I know.
xxx
I am trying to do lots of different things- I went to Pilates last night and couldn't bear to do half of the exercises because I was convinced I could feel something in my stomach...
It is good that you are trying, just keep persevering, I know you won't believe me but you have nothing in you stomach but it is hard because your mind is working in overdrive and telling you there is and it is so difficult to stop thinking about it all the time.
I don't know where you live but it is a lovely sunny day here in Norfolk, try and get out for a walk, the fresh air will do you and baby good. xxx
Thank you...I've dropped my baby off with my mother in law today as only got an hour or so of sleep last night so hoping maybe to get some rest and some fresh air too x
Thats good, try and get some rest, when you are tired everything seems worse.
xxxx
Stools still feel spikey (even though they're not hard), my bottom still hurts a bit and in still finding little bits of red blood on the tissue. Why is this still happening?? I hate feeling this scared all the time, all sorts of things are going on in my head : (
Because you have a tear which is irrated everyone u move ur bowels hence the bleeding x
Hope u feel better soon
These tears take a while to heal and also it could be piles, I had them after having my children and they still play me up periodically even though they are grown up.
Please try not to worry, I know it is hard, did you make an appointment for next week when you rang doctors earlier in week as I think you need to have your mind put at rest and I also think you need something to try and make you feel calmer. xx
Ok, not to give TMI, but truly I have trouble with constipation and often times have stools as you describe (spiky) ... this irritates tears. Every time I have one like this there is a bit of blood when wiping. But the people on this thread aren't reassuring you, so maybe a doctor will.
I've just called the doctor to see if my blood tests were back and full blood count was fine but iron is low. The receptionist says I just need to make a routine appointment (I have one anyway on Monday) but now I'm REALLY panicking as low iron is a classic sign of bowel cancer! The receptionist said that if there had been a reason to worry then they'd have called me in and she won't give me an emergency appointment or get a doctor to call me so I'm left like this all weekend!
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Can someone please help, I don't know what to do : (
AuntieMoosie
11-01-13, 14:46
Button hun, I've just got time to quickly post this to you before I have to go out.
But I just wanted to reassure you that you're going to be just fine :)
I'm not a doctor but I'd hazard a guess that the low iron is probably due to the fact that you've just had a baby :) Millions of women get a little aneamic after pregnancy and giving birth and it's absolutely nothing to worry about :)
Try to get yourself calm hun, don't let the scary thoughts take over so that you end up in a state of panic, keep busy, keep distracted and keep chilled, it's all going to be fine hun :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs:
Button, Auntie Moosie is right you have not long had a baby and that can make your iron levels drop.
Also like I told you before my iron levels went through the floor when I had my bleed and it was not cancer.
It will explain feeling tired and energy levels being low. please try not to worry if they were too low they would have contacted you, I stuggled to get my iron level up after having my transfusion but like my doctor said that don't know what my levels were before, some people have a lower count than others.
Hi everyone! Just to update you: I had a massive panic attack this afternoon after receiving my blood test results which showed low iron (but everything else was clear). The receptionist at the doctor wouldn't give me an appointment or arrange for a doctor to call me as it wasn't an emergency...anyway, I was struggling badly so called NHS direct who told me that my anxiety levels were such that I should be seen by a doctor today...although they were reassuring that my bloods weren't a problem. I called my doctors and got the same receptionist who had given me my blood test results and she made it quite clear that she was NOT impressed! But told me I could come to the surgery at the end of the day to see the emergency doctor. My husband took me and when we got there we found out that the emergency doctor was in fact my gp!!!!! I can't tell you how much better I felt from that point on...when I got in to see her (I had to wait for nearly an hour as she gives everyone so much time) she was a total dream come true. I talked her through everything that had happened and she was extremely sympathetic and reassuring. She won't be referring me for further tests as she thinks that will be detrimental to my HA and she says she's 99.99999% (her words!) sure that I don't have bowel cancer. She says that my case is one of those really rare occasions when there's an undeniable cause for someone's symptoms (in my case the anal fissure) and she's happy that's all it is. She says the anemia is a totally seperate issue and most likely due to the fact that my periods have been much heavier since I had my son. My biggest issue is the anxiety and she has put me back on sertraline with some Valium to get me through the next couple of days before I see her again. I've also got some suppositories for the cut.
I do feel better, I don't feel entirely reassured but I'm trying trying trying to hang on to what she has said and how confident she is that I don't have anything worse...obviously the HA devil is telling me that everyone who is misdiagnosed has a doctors appointment where their doctor tells them there's nothing wrong, but I'm trying not to let those thoughts win. I hope I can get the better of them.
I'll probably add to this over the next couple of days until I see my doctor again but to everyone who has helped to get me this far, please know how unbelievably grateful I am. I won't forget the support I've had here and I hope to be able to offer the same to others in the future. I also hope that if anyone else out there has been going through anything similar or if they go onto experience this kind of thing that they can take some comfort from this thread.
Thank you all again and be under no illusion that you have really saved my life over this past couple of weeks xxx
Button, I am so pleased that you managed to see your doctor even if it meant you having a panic attack and having to go through everything to see her, sometimes things are meant to be and the fact that she was the one you saw.
I am glad she has managed to put your mind at rest (well almost) you must believe what she has told you and that she has given you some medication to help you, when that takes effect you will be able to look back on all this and laugh (well hopefully)
bless you, you have been through hell these last few weeks, Now enjoy that baby this weekend and your lovely supportive husband and most importantly stop worrying.
xxx
Hi. I'm glad you're getting somewhere. I have had an anal fissure and it was a terrible experience. I had to sit on a cushion at work and the 'toilet' side of things was horrendous. At least after your babys birth you are used to people looking at bits youd probably rather they didnt. I have had so many examinations it doesnt bither me at all anymore. My fissure didn't go away and I had to have a minor procedure which was quick and solved the problem for good. The suppositories stung quite a bit from what I remember. I hope you get some relief now.
Andrea x
AuntieMoosie
11-01-13, 21:33
Oh Button this is the icing on the cake for me to read your post hun :)
I'm so glad that you got to see your own doctor and that she took time with you to explain everything and put your mind at rest.
The sertraline will help hun, I find it very beneficial in regards to anxiety. Stick with taking them and use your valium when you feel you need too.
I so hope that you can enjoy a pleasant weekend with hubby and little one now that you can feel more at ease :hugs: :hugs:
So I've seen my doctor again today (so she could check I got through the weekend!) and I'm feeling quite a bit better- much softer stool over the weekend and no blood and went again today and again, softer stool and no blood. We discussed how to move forward with my issues and she said again that she isn't keen on sending me for any further investigation as she doesn't think my symptoms warrant it. She said not to worry about the iron levels as that's a red herring and due to periods and diet. She'll review the bleeding (if it comes back) in a couple of weeks and if it hasn't gone in a month she said it would just be prudent to check it out. In terms of my anxiety I'm staying on sertraline and have to take diazepam if I have another episode like this. She'll see me every two weeks for the foreseeable future just to keep me on an even keel.
I am feeling calmer but still worried about internal bleeding causing the low iron and now I know I have low iron I've started to FEEL anaemic...
myagrace24
23-01-13, 16:33
hi i have been having the same problem im 29 and convinced iv got colon cancer i have pain all over stomach which the doctors tell me is down to anxiety but i keep thinking the blood is down to cancer
Hello
I too have a total obsession with bowel cancer. I am obsessed with sifting through my poo (sorry TMI) whenever I go to the toilet. This morning I saw (or thought I saw) a spot of dark blood on the surface of a piece of poo. I examined it but there was no blood INSIDE the poo. I then felt breathless clammy and my whole body felt as if it was pulsating.This happens alot. I have been diagnosed with piles (inside and out) and am taking Citalapram for my HA. I cant get a Drs appointment for 2 weeks and in a way daren't go incase they do tests which would push me over the edge.
Last night I was lying in bed thinking that if I was not here I wouldn't have to put up with this constant fear.
I have two beautiful young daughters who need me so much as I am now divorced.
I try and rationalise it that if there was blood in my poo it would not be one spot but throughout it.
I am rambling now, but feel so scared.
Sorry
myagrace24
26-01-13, 20:47
hi i have had this for some time just a little bit of mucusy blood sorry tmi its really not alot atall but im experiancing abdominal pain that i notice gets worse when im particulaly anxious but i just cant skake the feeling that im going to die i aswell have kids three girls who im terrified of leaving
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