Colon polyps blood in stool

Hello, I'm new here. I am a 30 year old female.
I have had some blood in my stool and dull abdominal pain and fatigue. I got a doctors appointment yesterday where the nurse done an examination. She said she can feel a lump which could be a polyp she said it could of been a loose piece of stool but it didn't move when she tried to. I have to have my bloods done, stool samples / fit test and a colonoscopy. 
My question is, if this is a polyp and if it is bleeding does this have a high chance in being cancerous? I'm going off my nerves waiting. 

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  • Hi

    Sorry you are going through all this worry.

    It's good they are doing all the tests to rule out the bad stuff.

    Polyps can bleed. If not removed they can sometimes become cancerous in the future.

    The fit test is very good at detecting blood in the sample, so if you have a bleeding polyp, piles or a tear at the time of the test, it will come back positive but doesn't have to mean bad news.

    Your age also, not impossible for a 30 year old to get bowel cancer but wery rare.

    Have you had your colonoscopy yet? If they come across any small polyps, they painlessly remove them at the same time.

    Any questions fire away I've been there. xxx

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  • Hi

    Sorry you are going through all this worry.

    It's good they are doing all the tests to rule out the bad stuff.

    Polyps can bleed. If not removed they can sometimes become cancerous in the future.

    The fit test is very good at detecting blood in the sample, so if you have a bleeding polyp, piles or a tear at the time of the test, it will come back positive but doesn't have to mean bad news.

    Your age also, not impossible for a 30 year old to get bowel cancer but wery rare.

    Have you had your colonoscopy yet? If they come across any small polyps, they painlessly remove them at the same time.

    Any questions fire away I've been there. xxx

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