Hello, 

I am also 30 years old and have a daughter at 3 years old. In April i started to notice a change in bowel habits i.e quite explosive diahorrea poos, excessive gas, bloating, abdominal dull aches then the blood and mucus started about a week later. Went to docs Fit test came back positive as you can imagine i was freaking out. I was back and forward to the docs first week in May as i just couldnt get off the toilet and was so worried about the blood in the diahorrea/wiping (although i wasnt in any pain) 

I was sent to the hosp where i had a flexi sig that showed signs of inflammation and some small patchy ulceration i was discharged with no meds and the blood continued. I was referred for an urgent colonoscopy where they managed right round the colon finding more inflammation at other side too. No tumours or anything found so it was a diagnosis of IBD for me. Crohns or colitis they still dont know ive to go for an MRI in my small bowel. I have been on steriods for the last 3 weeks and im feeling so much better apart from some weight gain. Still got blood in poo but not as much. Hopefully will go away completely on my IBD meds

I was beside myself the whole way through this literally googling anything and everything every min of the day and it always went back to cancer. Please try not to do that it didnt help me in any way at all. Gave myself unneeded stress 

If you want to chat and ask any questions about symptoms etc id be happy to chat on another platform. I would of been glad of that a couple of months back when i was going through what sounds like the same thing as you

Hello, 

I am also 30 years old and have a daughter at 3 years old. In April i started to notice a change in bowel habits i.e quite explosive diahorrea poos, excessive gas, bloating, abdominal dull aches then the blood and mucus started about a week later. Went to docs Fit test came back positive as you can imagine i was freaking out. I was back and forward to the docs first week in May as i just couldnt get off the toilet and was so worried about the blood in the diahorrea/wiping (although i wasnt in any pain) 

I was sent to the hosp where i had a flexi sig that showed signs of inflammation and some small patchy ulceration i was discharged with no meds and the blood continued. I was referred for an urgent colonoscopy where they managed right round the colon finding more inflammation at other side too. No tumours or anything found so it was a diagnosis of IBD for me. Crohns or colitis they still dont know ive to go for an MRI in my small bowel. I have been on steriods for the last 3 weeks and im feeling so much better apart from some weight gain. Still got blood in poo but not as much. Hopefully will go away completely on my IBD meds

I was beside myself the whole way through this literally googling anything and everything every min of the day and it always went back to cancer. Please try not to do that it didnt help me in any way at all. Gave myself unneeded stress 

If you want to chat and ask any questions about symptoms etc id be happy to chat on another platform. I would of been glad of that a couple of months back when i was going through what sounds like the same thing as you

Hi I am 31 and I have been having explosive diarrhoea for the last 5 days, or very watery which is now resulting in bloody mucus, I am absolutely beside myself with worry that it is bowel cancer. I had a sigmoidoscopy 18 months ago which was clear other than a leftover skin tag from a hemorroid. All my issues back then went after that. This week has been hell! Every time I eat I toilet. I'm so hungry! I'm so sad! I'm so scared. Doctor told me on the phone it's a stomach bug and has given me antibiotics which I can't take :( she wants a stool sample sent to the lab but how am I supposed To do that when it's mainly water, I mean I am getting very thin formed stool (TMI) today but every time I eat it's so depressing! I'm so worried it's bowel cancer. Hope u are ok x