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imfineokay
06-01-16, 20:23
First off happy new year to everyone!
okay so this is going to have tmi and will be disgusting but I need to ask for advice on this. So I've been worrying about bowel cancer since September 2015 now and I've got myself into some really high panic at times. Anyways so today I did a number 2 and noticed there was black stuff on the surface of my stool... before you say go to a doctor I just wanna point out that I had dark cabbage yesterday which had a lot of iron in it which I think might be the cause and I've had small stool tests which were all fine back in December. So could the black stuff have been what I ate Or do I have to go AGAIN to the doctors? That's all, please answer soon as I am trying not to panic and really I am really on edge atm.

Pigeon
06-01-16, 22:06
It's the cabbage! :D
Happy new year to you too - and stop worrying!

imfineokay
07-01-16, 00:29
Thanks! :)

imfineokay
09-01-16, 23:56
is that really possible though? What I ate wasn't black but it did have a lot of iron and it was dark.

luxxinterior
10-01-16, 00:03
Iron is renowned for dark stools... I think you have identified the culprit :)