Hello everyone, I've not been diagnosed with anything! I am a health anxiety sufferer since 2017.
So October 25th to 27th I had a painful bowel movement and some blood when wiping which I put down to have a fissure as I've had these before. When I checked that's exactly what I saw a fissure. So I used some cream on it and all was well after a couple of days. Fast forward to the the 3rd November i I had a bowel movement that had a sharp glass like pain when passing through but this time there was blood on the poo and when wiping. I had a look to see where blood was coming from and I could see blood oozing from the cut (fissure) so I put it down to this. It also stung in that area when any wee would touch it. The second bowel movement of the day was same but not painful. The next morning (today) I had to go for a bowel movement as soon as I woke up mainly due to anxiety tummy!! There wasn't really any pain but the poo had blood on it again and the toilet paper. I had a look and could see the cut but it wasn't actively bleeding. I then had to pass more stool after sitting there for a while and it was clear of blood. About an hour or so later I needed another bowel movement and again it had blood on stool but there wasn't any pain.
I am absolutely terrified and automatically thinking I have bowel cancer. I'm also 5 months pregnant and I'm really not coping with this stress. I have a phone appointment with a gp tomorrow at 9am and I'm so so scared. I know my rational mind should be thinking it's probably the fissure or piles as I know I have some there. But the health anxiety part of my mind is telling me it's definitely cancer and I'm going to die.
any advice or support would be so welcome