Where to start ...
Apologies for the content, it's a little personal!
About 10/14 days ago I went to the toilet and when I had finished there was blood everywhere, bright red blood. (I'm 49, woman but had a full hysterectomy 9 nine years ago). I phoned my GP and after a telephone consulation was prescribed something to help things along as they believed that I was really constipated. That worked and I then went the other way for several days. I had already recieved a phone call asking me to attend a blood test as part of a medication review, so inbetween me being copnstipated and then the opposite I had a blood test. Well, that came back showing that I was aneamic, which is strange as I gave blood in May and was fine. Another blood test was done and today I have been back for the results. I am still aneamic but have an inflammation marker of 35. I have felt as though I have had a cold coming on for about three weeks now - you know that 'off' feeling that you get, and no I haven't had any loss of smell, taste or cough. Anyway, I am now being referred for further tests - they want to get me seen within 2 weeks and I am absolutely terrifed that it is bowel cancer. I've never been more scared of anything in my whole life.