countrygirl
21-10-07, 12:27
I have always had a senstive bowel and have never ever gone a day without at least 2 bowel motions. My pattern for past 15 years has been as follows
I have 5-7 days of going to toilet 2-3 times in morning with very soft motions then late at night I will pass what look like rabbit droppings, very hard.
I then have a day where I will go to toilet at least 5-6-7 times in the mornng with large amount of soft motions as if my bowel is clearing out.
If i eat too much fibre then this can give me the 5-6 loo trips the next day or if I am nervous this will do it as well.
My long suffering husband says that I have been doing this for as long as he can remember so although my bowel habits change once a week or so this is normal for me.
I got so worried 6 mnths ago that I underwent the following tests
flexible sigmoidoscopy - normal
pelvic and abdominal ultrasound - normal
fecal occult blood test - negative
have had 4 full blood counts - not anaemic
complete stool analysis - normal
Both my GP and hospital Dr have said I have probably always had IBS. The hospital Dr said I could have a colonoscopy as well if I wanted but due to severe spinal damage having any proceedure under anaethetic or sedation is risky as I am not in control of my position.
My GP says as all the above tests were okay I do not need colonoscopy and on my normal days I agree but every time i get one of my 6-7 bowel motions days then I panic and think that I should have the colonospy.
Everyone I know who has been diagnosed with colon cancer has had positive occult blood tests and has also been unexplainably aneamic. I know three people in last few years with colon cancer and they all started with unexplained aneamia there Dr then did fecal occult blood test which were positive and they then had further tests. My flexible sigmoisocopy which goes quite a long way didn't even find any polyps at all and i know nearly all colon cancers start from polyps.
I am so fed up of having unpleasant tests just to put my mind at rest but I also can't bear not to have them either:shrug:
I have 5-7 days of going to toilet 2-3 times in morning with very soft motions then late at night I will pass what look like rabbit droppings, very hard.
I then have a day where I will go to toilet at least 5-6-7 times in the mornng with large amount of soft motions as if my bowel is clearing out.
If i eat too much fibre then this can give me the 5-6 loo trips the next day or if I am nervous this will do it as well.
My long suffering husband says that I have been doing this for as long as he can remember so although my bowel habits change once a week or so this is normal for me.
I got so worried 6 mnths ago that I underwent the following tests
flexible sigmoidoscopy - normal
pelvic and abdominal ultrasound - normal
fecal occult blood test - negative
have had 4 full blood counts - not anaemic
complete stool analysis - normal
Both my GP and hospital Dr have said I have probably always had IBS. The hospital Dr said I could have a colonoscopy as well if I wanted but due to severe spinal damage having any proceedure under anaethetic or sedation is risky as I am not in control of my position.
My GP says as all the above tests were okay I do not need colonoscopy and on my normal days I agree but every time i get one of my 6-7 bowel motions days then I panic and think that I should have the colonospy.
Everyone I know who has been diagnosed with colon cancer has had positive occult blood tests and has also been unexplainably aneamic. I know three people in last few years with colon cancer and they all started with unexplained aneamia there Dr then did fecal occult blood test which were positive and they then had further tests. My flexible sigmoisocopy which goes quite a long way didn't even find any polyps at all and i know nearly all colon cancers start from polyps.
I am so fed up of having unpleasant tests just to put my mind at rest but I also can't bear not to have them either:shrug: