Colonoscopy

Hi I wanted to find out if I should be worried like I am. I currently had stool samples back. For occult blood and one for inflammation both came back high and I have now been sent for a colonoscopy in the next 2 week   I've had pain in right side for around a year now and burning pain in stomach and back  I've been on omerprazole for 10 years and always had stomach acid problems. I'm 41  I'm now really worried this could be cancer. I know there are other possibilities but cancer just keeps coming back to me.  

  • I'm no expert, but from my own experiences, I would say the odds are fairly strongly against cancer. I had very different symptoms when slightly younger than you (40 and a half, basically) and when I asked the specialist that exact question, "how worried should I be?", he replied "zero. Not at all" and said that if my mum came in with the same symptoms, he'd be considering cancer but at my age, it was the least likely option and I'd be "the unluckiest person in the world" if it turned out to be the explanation. It didn't, thankfully.

    My symptoms were rectal bleeding, some weight loss, occasional loose stools (maybe once a week) and trapped wind.