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Hi I'm writing as I am petrified. I'm 39 and have been having blood in my stools and like a grumbling feeling in anus. I'm so scared that the results are going to be bad and I'm going to leave my 3 beautiful boys behind On top of this I have severe emetephobia and am petrified of taking the prep for the colonoscopy. Is there not a tablet version that I can take I'm really struggling worrying about drinking the prep. It may sound silly to some but I've had this phobia since I was 7 and it's really consuming me atm? Any advice very welcomed. 

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    I don't know anything about alternatives for the prep, but can give a bit of reassurance as I had a colonoscopy last summer when I was 40 and the consultant said the risk of bowel cancer at our age is pretty low and that I'd be "the unluckiest person in the world" if that turned out to be the explanation for my symptoms.

    There are lots of things that can cause blood in the stools - hemorrhoids, a polyp, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's... I know this is limited reassurance and it's natural to fear that you might be the relatively rare person for whom it is cancer at a young age, but the odds are it is one of the many other options.

    I will also say I didn't vomit when drinking the prep. Drink it slowly and take water in between.

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    I don't know anything about alternatives for the prep, but can give a bit of reassurance as I had a colonoscopy last summer when I was 40 and the consultant said the risk of bowel cancer at our age is pretty low and that I'd be "the unluckiest person in the world" if that turned out to be the explanation for my symptoms.

    There are lots of things that can cause blood in the stools - hemorrhoids, a polyp, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's... I know this is limited reassurance and it's natural to fear that you might be the relatively rare person for whom it is cancer at a young age, but the odds are it is one of the many other options.

    I will also say I didn't vomit when drinking the prep. Drink it slowly and take water in between.

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