Colon cancer periods and poo!

Hi so I am trying to get myself ready to call my consultants secretary  tomorrow to chase up my yearly colonoscopy check up. I'm worried though I'm overly worrying. I had colon cancer in 2019 and had a successful resection.Last week i notice blood on my stools. Now I was also on my period. Although they are never heavy I've never noticed menstrual blood on my stools before. How likely is this to have been the case? Hqve any of you had this? I don't know if I'm just going to be wasting time and get my colonoscopy and it all be fine. I certainly don't want to take the opportunity from someone else. How quickly could a cancer regrow? My colonoscopy last year showed a benign polyp that had appeared with 20 months. Could q recurrence grow that quickly in a colon? I though it took years? So many questions sorry I'm trying to talk myself out of having to get in touch x

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  • I didn't phone. I got too scared to vocalise my fear that its back. Daft I know. Maybe tomorrow... it all so exhausting! Cheering you all on xx

  • Hiya Petrolrainbow,

    I'm really sorry you're experiencing this and going through such a scary and difficult time. I send you lots of hugs Xx ️

    It could be related to your period, but it's best to contact someone and get it checked out. It's always better to be safer than sorry. I know it can be really scary talking to someone about these things, I still struggle to do this with my CNS and team!! 

    What you could do is write down what you want to say before you make the call to GP or the nurses here, then you can almost read it like a script. I do this a lot and find it really helpful and a lot less stressful. It might be something you could try if you think it might help.

    Hopefully you will be able to call tomorrow lovely Xx ️

    Sending you lots of love and hugs,

    Love Jess xx

  • Cheers Jess, appreciated. I'm in a really weird place of wanting to just ignore it qnd also wanting to get it ruled out! Meh makes me feel ill just thinking about going into the hospital ever again! X big loves out to you xx

  • Hiya, how are you today? I just wanted to check in with you. I hope you're ok and feeling well today ^-^

    Sending you hugs,

    Love Jess xx

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