Toby2000
10-07-19, 03:29
I've spent literally the past 355 days (since 20/7/18) worrying about my own bowels but over the past couple of months the worry has slowly began to shift over to me worrying about my mum incessantly again, this time not because of her lungs, but because of her bowels
I think about 2 months ago she was on the phone to her friend and she mentioned that she had the "runs"- TMI I know for a phone conversation but she's really close with her friend. I was a little concerned but brushed it off
I think, it's my suspicion, that the "runs" have been continuing since, on and off, because my room is directly above the toilet downstairs and I can hear her go sometimes when it's quiet and it sounds like it could be looser stools or diarrhea falling into the bowel
Also when she leaves the toilet downstairs it doesn't smell nice at all. I read that foul smelling stools can be a sign of colon cancer
She also mentioned in passing to try and reassure me when I was worrying about blood, seeing blood either on her stool or on the paper, she recently clarified that it was on the paper because she has piles and has done since giving birth for the first time, but she could've been lying to try and make me feel better
She said she weights 9 stone and I checked and that's a healthy weight for her age and height but she looks skinny... she's always looked skinny though
She's only had natural tiredness as far as I know since she works 4/7 days a week doing a very physical job, cleaning and decorating people's houses. She naps in the day for 1-2 hours when she gets in from work but to be honest, I would too if I did something that physical. She's also a single parent and cleans most of our house too and everything and has the responsibilities of looking after us and she gets up between 5-7 every morning and rarely sleeps in
She also has the stress of my situation (my worries impact her and unfortunately I give her a lot of stress with this and she worries about me too) and she showed me her chest the other week and it was covered in eczema which she says happens whenever she's stressed- and I know that to be true. Could that be causing her bowel problems too?
She insists that she hasn't got diarrhea but because of the smell and the noises, I just can't believe it, I'm honestly fearing for her life here because she is 51 which is a risky age when it comes to bowel cancer PLUS she smokes.
I'm not meaning to cause her stress, she's not stressed in the sense that she can't function but I think she feels persecuted by me and I'm obviously taking a toll on her because she's always shouting at me and telling me off whenever I talk about mine or her health or anything and she's obviously got the eczema which I know breaks out when she's stressed
I can't help it though I'm so worried about her :(
I think about 2 months ago she was on the phone to her friend and she mentioned that she had the "runs"- TMI I know for a phone conversation but she's really close with her friend. I was a little concerned but brushed it off
I think, it's my suspicion, that the "runs" have been continuing since, on and off, because my room is directly above the toilet downstairs and I can hear her go sometimes when it's quiet and it sounds like it could be looser stools or diarrhea falling into the bowel
Also when she leaves the toilet downstairs it doesn't smell nice at all. I read that foul smelling stools can be a sign of colon cancer
She also mentioned in passing to try and reassure me when I was worrying about blood, seeing blood either on her stool or on the paper, she recently clarified that it was on the paper because she has piles and has done since giving birth for the first time, but she could've been lying to try and make me feel better
She said she weights 9 stone and I checked and that's a healthy weight for her age and height but she looks skinny... she's always looked skinny though
She's only had natural tiredness as far as I know since she works 4/7 days a week doing a very physical job, cleaning and decorating people's houses. She naps in the day for 1-2 hours when she gets in from work but to be honest, I would too if I did something that physical. She's also a single parent and cleans most of our house too and everything and has the responsibilities of looking after us and she gets up between 5-7 every morning and rarely sleeps in
She also has the stress of my situation (my worries impact her and unfortunately I give her a lot of stress with this and she worries about me too) and she showed me her chest the other week and it was covered in eczema which she says happens whenever she's stressed- and I know that to be true. Could that be causing her bowel problems too?
She insists that she hasn't got diarrhea but because of the smell and the noises, I just can't believe it, I'm honestly fearing for her life here because she is 51 which is a risky age when it comes to bowel cancer PLUS she smokes.
I'm not meaning to cause her stress, she's not stressed in the sense that she can't function but I think she feels persecuted by me and I'm obviously taking a toll on her because she's always shouting at me and telling me off whenever I talk about mine or her health or anything and she's obviously got the eczema which I know breaks out when she's stressed
I can't help it though I'm so worried about her :(