Have I got rectal cancer?

[nomorepanic]

You are not going to die from this.

Get some help for the anxiety though.

[nomorepanic]

Let me tell you that I get a lot of blood and it is NOT cancer.

I have crohn's and IBS and go to the loo about 5 times a day - never solid.

I have piles.

You are FINE.

[Toby2000]

Thank you Admin, that's reassuring

I just felt around the um, inside, of that area and felt like a small hard bumpy fold type thing. Very small and felt thin. Apparantly these are called sentinel piles and form when an anal fissure is healing. This is reassuring.

A fissure would explain why I bled directly on to the toilet paper the first time

But that doesn't explain why the blood seemed to be in the mucus when I just wiped and there was a small bit of it on top of the stool. Not inside it though, I checked, it's disgusting I know but I was desperate

[nomorepanic]

Yeah I get that too.

It is nothing of concern apparently

Please don't self-examine

[Toby2000]

Wait I don't know if it was a sentinel pile.. it felt like there were 2 of them only one was slightly bigger but still small

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Yeah I get that too.

It is nothing of concern apparently

Please don't self-examine

Easier said than done, it's the only way I can reassure myself now

[nomorepanic]

DON'T - you could be doing more damage. Leave it alone.

[Shadowhawk]

Thank you Admin, that's reassuring

I just felt around the um, inside, of that area and felt like a small hard bumpy fold type thing. Very small and felt thin. Apparantly these are called sentinel piles and form when an anal fissure is healing. This is reassuring.

A fissure would explain why I bled directly on to the toilet paper the first time

But that doesn't explain why the blood seemed to be in the mucus when I just wiped and there was a small bit of it on top of the stool. Not inside it though, I checked, it's disgusting I know but I was desperate

Months ago, i had the exact same worry and problems. Blood on the paper and the stool. Had a colonoscopy, and it showed..... nothing. Not even a polyp. I did have a small hemorrhoid, and likely had a fissure.


Depending on where the fissure is, as you have the movement, it will "coat" the excrement, and get there. If you have mucus, i could easily see it mixing with the blood as you go, and seeming to be mixed in.

[Toby2000]

Months ago, i had the exact same worry and problems. Blood on the paper and the stool. Had a colonoscopy, and it showed..... nothing. Not even a polyp. I did have a small hemorrhoid, and likely had a fissure.


Depending on where the fissure is, as you have the movement, it will "coat" the excrement, and get there. If you have mucus, i could easily see it mixing with the blood as you go, and seeming to be mixed in.

The mucus was when I wiped and a small bit of it it just seemed red, but not bright red, it was darker red but not too dark

I just really really really want a colonoscopy to rule anything out because knowing I have nothing wrong with me down there would be a huge relief, i think I'd pass out

[nomorepanic]

You will only get referred if the doctor's think it is necessary

[Toby2000]

You will only get referred if the doctor's think it is necessary

But when you read about bowel cancer stories online, the GPs ALWAYS say it's something innocent and it takes years to get the person in for a colonoscopy

My GP is pretty nice and understands, even from our first encounter, that I worry I think so hopefully she'd grant me one? If I say that I literally can't think straight anymore and having a colonoscopy would just put me at so much ease

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I know y'all think I'm overreacting here but to me it feels REAL. The symptoms are all there and they just keep presenting themselves. I don't understand why you're not all advising I see a doctor to have more testsbecause let's be honest, if you were in my shoes right now wouldn't you react the same way?