Length really means nothing about what it is. It really sounds like it's probably piles in your case, and it would be pretty common, I think, for them to go on for the whole of pregnancy. People can have them for years.

And as Amelia says, don't be sorry for posting. Yes, there are people here who have cancer and in your case, it's pretty unlikely, but...there's a saying something along the lines of just because there are people who have permanent disabilites doesn't mean a broken leg doesn't hurt. It's not like the one person with the right to worry or complain is the one who has the worst problem in the world.

You are going through a frightening situation. Yeah, it's very likely there is little or nothing wrong with you, but you are still waiting for test results just in case, and it is hard to avoid thinking, "but somebody has to be that one in 100 or one in 500; they wouldn't be testing unless there was some chance". And the fact that you are pregnant probably adds to things. I had a colleague who had skin cancer at the same time I had thyroid cancer, both with very good prognosis, neither of us even missed more than a month of work, but she was far more worried about the possibility of dying than I was and I think it was because she had children and even a tiny chance of not being around for them was terrifying. That probably increases when you are pregnant. Even knowing this is highly unlikely to be anything worse than something like piles, you are bound to have moments when you question, "but what if it is and I need treatment just when I want to be with my baby?"

Plus, it is pretty upsetting to have something like this distracting you from what should be one of the happiest points of your life. 

And health anxiety in itself is a hard thing to deal with. There seems to be a tendency to treat "health anxiety" as if it's just "googling too much" and can be solved by "not thinking about it," when it is a genuine medical condition. Are you getting any treatment for that?

Colon cancer is unlikely. Rectal bleeding is common and can be caused by many things. If you do have piles, the odds are you will get rectal bleeding and quite likely a positive FIT. But that doesn't mean tests aren't worrying. Heck, even routine tests can be worrying, as there is the possibility of something worrying being found. I even find the moment before an eye test where they scan the back of your eye a bit scary.

Terminal cancer is even more unlikely. I read that it usually takes about 10 years for a polyp to develop to the point it becomes cancerous. It then usually takes many more years to get to the point of becoming terminal. For you to have terminal cancer, you would probably have had to have bowel cancer at the age of 20 and would have had to have polyps in your teens. That's not impossible but it is unlikely. Even in the unlikely case that a polyp is causing the bleeding, there is no reason to believe it is even cancerous, let alone at a terminal point.

Hi guys, sorry I'm only just replying I've been trying to limit my time online as I know that this makes my worrying worse.

I have had what we believe to be piles and these symptoms since before becoming pregnant so I worry that now that I am pregnant my symptoms are now being put down to this instead of being taken seriously.

I do have an appointment on Saturday with a colorectal specialist to discuss everything that's been going on and my positive fit test. Though I have been told that they won't be offering me a colonoscopy at this time due to my pregnancy but they will probably do a proctoscopy. 

I'm still terrified that something other than just my piles will be seen and all I truly want is to be told I have piles and for that to be the end of it. I just really want my life back.

Sorry for rambling, just thought I'd update you guys.