It's relatively unlikely to be bowel cancer. A positive FIT is supposed to give a 10% chance of bowel cancer, but age makes a big difference and a high proportion of those with positive FITs will be older, so your odds are probably lower. Add in the fact that you have historically suffered from haemorrhoids, so that already gives you an explanation for the blood/positive FIT and I'd say the odds are lower again.

At 40, I had rectal bleeding, weight loss, trapped wind and some loose stools (maybe once a week; I regularly use the loo 3-6 times a day, so that was normal) and the consultant said at my age, I would be "the unluckiest person in the world" if it turned out to be bowel cancer and that the odds were "less than 1%." I know your symptoms are somewhat different but I still think the odd are strongly against it's being cancer.

Of course, even a slight chance of cancer is worrying and you won't know for sure until you get the colonoscopy, but it is probably far more likely to be hemorrhoids or ulcerative colitis or Crohn's or a polyp or a whole load of other things. In my case, it turned out to be hemorrhoids, probably combined with the effects of my thyroid medication and possibly the stress of the whole thing!

I'm in the same boat. On and off symptoms since the summer, I noticed some blood in a stool and then started to get cramps and trapped wind. I've always had mad irregular bowel habits so I didn't really notice a change then though I did think  I was going more urgently. 

In early December I had another stool where blood was more visible. I haven't had anything visible since. 

But since Christmas I've had really uncomfortable and persitant bloating, cramps, pains, more urgent bowel movements, different shaped poop and uncomfortable wind. 

All blood tests, I've done a few sets have been normal. My calproctin test was 145 so borderline which I've just repeated and awaiting results,  I did two home FOBC tests which were positive, urine tests which are normal, ultra sound which was normal and a chest x ray which was normal. 

I'm booked in for a colonoscopy and endoscopy next Tuesday and have my preparations this weekend and Monday. 

I'm almost convinced I have bowel cancer. I can't see what else it could be and I just keep feeling so depressed by it and scared for my two little children. 

I'm only 37 but  I think age doesn't mean it's not likely just less likely than someone over 50. My children are 7 and 3 and I have the best relationship with them. I'm so scared I have a life sentence. 

I've had bowel issues for years and now I'm scared that it's been  more than IBS.

I have been all over Google despite what anyone has advised and no doubt I have fuelled my anxiety and stress which has  made it all worse but I can't help it. 

Literally petrified. My parents died when I was young and I'm divorcing my partner and this is just the hardest thing to go through when you're so alone :( 

Mark   

Hey, did you have your colonoscopy? Im in the same boat. Im 37 and my result came back at 105 so i was referred on Thursday. Im absolutely terrified x

Colonoscopy went ‘well’ not great fun to be honest. It was all clear and no signs of anything untoward. Likely to have been a polyp that detached or my grade two piles that caused the blood in stool 

Great news, this is very reassuring x

Great news, this is very reassuring x