Just chiming in to say that at 28, bowel cancer would be unusual. And there are many things that cause bowel symptoms. Polyps, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's all have pretty similar symptoms to bowel cancer.

Last summer, at the age of 40, I had rectal bleeding, some weight loss, some loose stools (maybe once or twice a week for much of the summer?) and trapped wind. The consultant said that at my age, I'd have to be "the unluckiest person in the world" for it to be bowel cancer, but that they would do a colonoscopy as IBD was a possibility. It turned out to be hemorrhoids (possibly combined with some other stuff, including the stress of the whole situation), which was what we all expected.

Good luck. I hope your result will be something really minor too. Most likely, it will be.

Just chiming in to say that at 28, bowel cancer would be unusual. And there are many things that cause bowel symptoms. Polyps, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's all have pretty similar symptoms to bowel cancer.

Last summer, at the age of 40, I had rectal bleeding, some weight loss, some loose stools (maybe once or twice a week for much of the summer?) and trapped wind. The consultant said that at my age, I'd have to be "the unluckiest person in the world" for it to be bowel cancer, but that they would do a colonoscopy as IBD was a possibility. It turned out to be hemorrhoids (possibly combined with some other stuff, including the stress of the whole situation), which was what we all expected.

Good luck. I hope your result will be something really minor too. Most likely, it will be.

Thank you for your response. I have horrendous health anxiety so I always think the worse. 
 

I am going to try again to ring the drs. Think my stomach ache and looser stools are due to anxiety and stress. 
 

I really do hope it's nothing. Getting to the point where I am looking at my toddlers and just thinking I am going to die and miss them growing up!