Occult blood - looking for happy stories :)

[anxietyguy]

Hi there:

I'm a 34 year old male, and have had IBS like symptoms for a long time (at least 7 years I'd guess). I recently started urinating frequently, and mentioned my IBS suspicion to the DR again. She sent me for a fecal test, and it was positive for occult blood. So now I'm freaking out.

I have a history of external hemroids, and the IBS symptoms were so bad the few days before - that there was some blood on the toilet paper when wiping (blood was not visibly mixed in stool). I'm hoping that triggered the positive?

Anyone else experienced a positive fecal occult blood test? And have positive stories to share? Reasons why I shouldn't freak out?

I'm looking for any positives to help me through this.

thank you