Re: rectal cancer scare
Oh, this is so familiar to me, I had the exact same issues - add in a little bit of blood though. Was lovely!
The risks for you having rectal cancer at such a young age are EXTREMELY slim, and I don't think a mildly irratated area is anything to horribly freak yourself out over. Do you get enough fibre? Not to sound gross or anything, but sometimes not having enough fiber makes your stool hard which can then irratate you when it's.. er.. coming out.
Try not to think about it - if you don't feel anything when you're not thinking about it, then odds are that it's not anything. However - like they say, it's always better to be safe than sorry, so if you are really worried, you might as well go to a doctor. They would give you a very simple exam to see what's up and then go from there.
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