Hi folks,
This is my first time dealing with any kind of severe anxiety over a medical symptom and I'm having a really tough time with it.
I'm a 28 year old male experiencing a pretty significant amount of bright red blood streaked down the side of my stool and on the toilet paper, going on 4 days straight. Went to a gastroenterologist on day 2, who did an exam and said that I definitely have some hemmorhoids, but they don't "look too bad" and he can't be sure that they're the source of the bleeding, as they didn't appear to be bleeding when he did the exam. I'm scheduled for blood work this week and my first ever colonoscopy at the end of the month.
I'm already a complete wreck worrying about the possibility of cancer. Can't sleep or focus on anything, and I don't know how I'm going to get through an entire month of this before the test, especially if the symptoms don't clear up. I guess I came here looking for some reassurance. It's so hard not to see the search results for this kind of stuff and get scared.