Hi what was your out come

Hi i have Pan Colitis....Ulcerative colitis of the entire bowel x

Hi I'm new here just wanted some reassurance I've been spotting bright red blood few times a year for past 3 years haven't really thought about it as I only noticed when I had a hard poo & it'd sting afterwards so I thought maybe frissure I gave birth 7 weeks ago & 3 weeks ago I had some more blood for couple days then stopped for 2 weeks then had again yesterday I went to my go she did finger exam & said I have piles which I don't believe I'm so worried now theyre doing blood & stool test now I'm terrified please help 

I know it worries the life out of you, it did me, but it may well be something as common as hemmeroids. We tend to think the worst and the not knowing is awfully stressful.

I'm sure it won't be as bad as you think, so do try and keep an open mind which I know is hard as I was where you were only a few weeks back. 

I hope you can have the colonoscopy soon, I had to go private as I wasn't deemed an urgent case.

Good luck and try to stay positive. 

Hi everyone, 

I'm having some very similar symptoms - blood and mucus in stool with no abdominal pain, however Ive been getting some pain/pressure in my tailbone area. Has anyone else had this? And how much blood have you had? Sometimes ive had streaks, sometimes it's like half the toilet paper is streaked with blood. I feel fine otherwise, no fever, no pain, no change in bowel movements that I can tell (although I think I'm more nervous when I go). I went to the docs and they did a rectal exam, they said they felt swelling but couldn't tell what it was. Now have been given two stool samples to give (one is a Fit test), one regular stool test, and I hve blood tests tomorrow. 
 

really anxious and I can't think of anything else. Just wondered if anyone had any advice or had experienced similar. 

Thank you for reading.

betty 

Hi, I've got the same conditions, what was the outcome?

Hi Adam,

I ended up having a colonoscopy October last year, this resulted in a diagnosis of Crohn's disease. 
Keep on with your GP for a referral to gastro at your hospital. 
with my diagnosis, blood and stool samples didn't highlight any issues and was constantly brushed off as ibs. I requested to speak to a different GP as my symptoms where getting worse and after a few discussions he referred me. 
I am now 1 year on in treatment, and have a follow up colonoscopy to see what effects the medication has had. 

How has it affected your daily life if you don't mind me asking. Hope the treatment has helped.

That's not a problem, so on a day to day basis from where I was to know is a massive improvement.

From diagnosis I was put on steroids and anti inflammatory medication for 10 weeks. During the 10 weeks I ran out of the meds and the symptoms returned the next day so the IBD team at the hospital arranged the additional meds and I also ended up on Adalimumab which is a biological treatment (self inject every 2 weeks).

This treatment has worked brilliantly and on a day to day basis, I do get some pains in my bowels but my toilet trips are now 1-2 times a day at its worst last year my record was 24 times! In a day. 

A key thing is to identify any triggers, keeping a food diary can help, but everyone has different triggers.

if your on Facebook I suggest joining the Crohn's & colitis uk forum, it's full of knowledgeable people who have and are going through similar  things and the support is second to non. 

But please pester your GP until you get to the route cause of your symptoms.

Hope you are ok, going through very similar symptoms myself and the sleepless nights and anxiety is awful. I'm waiting a few weeks then have to hand in another sample as my calprotectin levels are slightly raised. The gurgling noises and aches and pains are just getting worse. Mine are the same as yours usually quite light but have had a few dark ones with black specks which I don't understand. X

Hi. 

Ive had symptoms for pretty much over a year. No weight loss and generally feeling fine. However ive had blood when i wipe after a BM.

Its been ongoing for a while and a few different doctors have said anal fissure, and i went to see a private gastroenterologist who also said a fissure. However i have finally got a colonoscopy booked in 2 weeks time. 

It will be a relief to get a full diagnosis whether it be good or bad. Once i know exactly what it is, i can finally get on my with my life mentally. 

Im dreading the prep for it though. Has anyone else recently had a colonoscopy? How was the prep for you?

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd post an update on my outcome as I just had a colonoscopy with sedation today. I had bright red blood and mucus in my stool since July, no abdominal pain, just an ache and pressure sometimes in my tailbone, maybe once a month. 
The prep was absolutely fine and far easier than I've read in some stories. It's a bit claggy (if that's the right word), weirdly sweet and salty at the same time, but I chilled it, drank it through a straw and added some lemon squash. 
The colonoscopy today found 3 polyps, one small one in my ascending colon, one small one in my sigmoid colon and one large polyp in my rectum, which was what was causing the bleeding and "pulling" pressure I was experiencing. The polyp had inflamed my rectum and raised my fecal calprotectin level to 58 (0.00-50ug is normal) and gave me a positive qFIT test of >200ug. 
My colonoscopy report gave me the all clear for bowel cancer and it states that I've now been taken off the 2ww pathway. However I'll need to wait for my biopsy report which is due within 2-3 weeks (I'm a bit confused as to how you can be given the all clear prior to you receiving the biopsies back, but the endoscopist did say he couldn't see any cancer on the polyp). 
I just thought this might be a helpful write up for any of you still awaiting your tests and I'm happy to answer any questions about my experience. I know the anxiety is draining and all consuming. 

best wishes

Betty xxx

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd post an update on my outcome as I just had a colonoscopy with sedation today. I had bright red blood and mucus in my stool since July, no abdominal pain, just an ache and pressure sometimes in my tailbone, maybe once a month. 
The prep was absolutely fine and far easier than I've read in some stories. It's a bit claggy (if that's the right word), weirdly sweet and salty at the same time, but I chilled it, drank it through a straw and added some lemon squash. 
The colonoscopy today found 3 polyps, one small one in my ascending colon, one small one in my sigmoid colon and one large polyp in my rectum, which was what was causing the bleeding and "pulling" pressure I was experiencing. The polyp had inflamed my rectum and raised my fecal calprotectin level to 58 (0.00-50ug is normal) and gave me a positive qFIT test of >200ug. 
My colonoscopy report gave me the all clear for bowel cancer and it states that I've now been taken off the 2ww pathway. However I'll need to wait for my biopsy report which is due within 2-3 weeks (I'm a bit confused as to how you can be given the all clear prior to you receiving the biopsies back, but the endoscopist did say he couldn't see any cancer on the polyp). 
I just thought this might be a helpful write up for any of you still awaiting your tests and I'm happy to answer any questions about my experience. I know the anxiety is draining and all consuming. 

best wishes

Betty xxx

Hi all.

So i had my colonoscopy and it was all clear. As amazing this is, my issue with rectal bleeding still hasnt stopped. The colonoscopy gave me the all clear for cancer however no reason why this bleeding is happening. Can anyone advise me on the next steps??? 

Hi Glad your colonoscopy is ok, my symptoms are the same although I've had a positive test for inflammation. i would ask your GP  for advice on managing the fissure. Mine has given some advice but unfortunately it just seems to keep opening. If that's even what it is because it feels swollen more like I would imagine a pile to feel like. What does yours feel like? Mine just constantly re opens when I do long walks or excerise. I'm sick of it x

My doctor gave me Rectogesic to try and it seemed to offer relief to an extent. However whe i came off this the fissure reopened. 

I do feel like i do have a hemorrhoid though. Sometimes ill have a bm and for hours after i am sore. Also my bleeding has been intermittent for 18 months now.

Hi everyone, this thread has really calmed me down as I'm a nervous wreck and I now don't feel so alone. So for the last 6 weeks I've had terrible wind and bowel gas. Especially in the early mornings I'm waking and constant flatulence. I also have some left side pain when eating anything and terrible indigestion. I'm eating plain foods like rice, bananas, chicken and can't tolerate anything else. My tummy is constantly making weird noises. My bowel movements are all over the place. Used to be so regular, now it's none for a day or two, some days watery loose stools other days normal size and shape. Only one one occasion was there a tiny drop of blood on the paper when wiped, barely visible.I'm also suffering from bad back pain and sometimes pressure in back passage relieved by flatulence. 
I had a pelvic scan due to fear of ovarian cancer but that was ok, radiologist said I was full of bowel gas and recommended a referral for colonoscopy etc. I also have heartburn at times. 

Im absolutely terrified. Can't sleep or eat with anxiety so am losing weight. I'm so worried it's bowel cancer. I'm 44 and was so healthy up to this sudden change. The wind and flatulence is the worst. Can anyone relate or help? 

I can give you a bit of reassurance. I'm a few years younger than you and last summer, when I was 40, I was referred for a colonoscopy due to rectal bleeding (not just once, but almost daily for weeks on end), trapped wind and gas, some weight loss (about a stone in a year) and occasional loose stools (maybe once a week). The specialist said that if my mother came to him with those symptoms, he'd be considering bowel cancer but at my age, it was a possibility, but the least likely of all the options he'd be considering and that I'd be the "unluckiest person in the world" if it did turn out to be that.

He said it was probably piles but there was a chance of IBD, so he'd do a colonoscopy and as we all expected, it turned out to be piles.

And in your case, IBS is probably a possibility, because you didn't have regular rectal bleeding and there are probably a whole load of other possibilities. 

I will add that stress can bring on a lot of stomach and bowel symptoms or exaccerbate them. Some of my symptoms disappeared after I got the results of the colonoscopy, so they were probably at least partly due to the stress of waiting for news

Thanks MargaretMary. I appreciate your reassurance. I'm just so so anxious and worried. It's more that I can't eat anything without the indigestion and wind. It's constant. 
what kind of wind did you have? Could you eat normally? 

Yes, I could eat normally. Not sure how to explain the kind of wind I had, but I was getting pains in my stomach, particular the lower right hand side, to the point that the pain woke me up at night at least once and I could not release it. I actually got up in the night and looked up the symptoms of bowel obstructions because it felt so trapped. I had a lot of gurgly noises too.

The doctor I rang said there were three possible explanations for that - it could be the stress of awaiting the colonoscopy (it did not start until about a month after the rectal bleeding began), it could be my sinuses, which I always have problems with, meaning I have to breathe through my mouth a lot or it could be my gallbladder, but that that was unlikely as I would probably have a lot more pain.

Thanks for your reply and I'm glad all was ok for you in the end. I have no trouble passing wind it's just constant. And when I don't I get pains in my back and side and rectal area pressure. It's so worrying especially as I'm not eating alot at all. One day I ate my normal food & I was up with indigestion and pains all night. I'm so so so worried 

Hi Betty glad to hear all was ok with you. Do you mind telling me what your qFIT result was? Mine is 129 and I’m so afraid and hoping for reassurance before my 2 week pathway referral. Hope you are doing well 

Hi Rosielee did you get results? My is 176 and I’m freaking out.