Have I got rectal cancer?

[BlueIris]

I knew you were going to respond to this with more bodily sensations, Toby.

[WiseMonkey]

Try drinking lots more water, it will help with both.

[Toby2000]

I think it might be bladder related... or something in that area... I don't know (although my bladder habits are fine)

I'm really down about this

I will drink more water. I do anyway but I'll drink extra

[Toby2000]

I'm thinking a tumour pressing against my bladder or something

[Toby2000]

A good way to describe the pain would be like...

Imagine falling on to your, for lack of a better word, bum, and having some pain inside the rectum, like a bruised sort of feeling, whenever you strain and it's sort of vague

[nomorepanic]

Sounds like piles to me

Don't go back there with this Toby

[WiseMonkey]

Sounds like piles to me

I've had that feeling before, you can get that with piles or proctitis (benign inflammation). Both can be painful and uncomfortable. Get some slippery elm powder...1 heaped tsp in a glass of hot water, it coats and soothes the intestinal tract and promotes healing.

[Pkstracy]

IBS can cause this I was just diagnosed with it.

[Toby2000]

I hope it's piles/IBS/inflammation but it's gotten slightly more noticeable today :( I'm almost sure it's a blockage

[Toby2000]

I just needed to go to the toilet and before I did, I could feel it enter my rectum and for a moment it was very very painful

and it's sorta painful to push it out too

I'm almost certain this is something sinister... I'm going to the doctor's on Monday I think if it doesn't improve, which it won't :(

My question is, is it possible that something grew/spread into my rectum/sigmoid colon since May 10, when I had the rigid sigmoidoscopy?