Worried about family history.

[Tinker28]

So my mother who knows how I am with Health information, tells me about her family health history about colon Cancer, now I'm super worried for my health. Great uncles and 3rd and 2nd cousins having the disease, now I'm worried sick about this, just when I was just starting to feel "normal" again. Why must I always get soo freaked out. I have NOT GOOGLED Colon cancer cause I know better. Here is the thing, I know blood is involved, ok I don't have blood but I have a tinny tinny bit sometimes when wiping to hard after a bowel but after giving birth to my son the doctor told me I had haemorrhoids which I never knew about till then, I wonder if I still have haemorrhoids and that is what is wrong. I just don't know anymore I'm tired of worrying all the time about my health, it never ends. Does anyone have some advice for me, scared!

[Taffy]

I wouldn't worry about it. My Father and Uncle died from BC so therefore I am in a substantially higher risk bracket than you. Even so I have been told by Specialists that I'm only in a Low / Medium risk category of getting it. However from the age of 40 I will have to have a Colonoscopy every 5 years to make sure that nothing is developing, which is reassuring.

So if I was you I won't worry about yourself as the distant cousins / uncles certainly won't put you in a high risk bracket.

[Tinker28]

Thank you for your reassurance on the matter, I'm going to bring it up to my doctor of this new found news of our family history.