Back again....

Hi all.  I posted a couple of months back, was in a very bad state due to blood when i passed stools. My anxiety levels went through roof and it caused me a lot of worry/ lack of appetite/ sleepless nights for about a month. All through that time my stools were fairly normal, im not anaemic, had no stomach cramps, basically no bowel cancer symptoms bar the bleeding and possibly lack of appetite( which i put down to anxiety). Last month i have managed to convince myself it was really nothing to worry about, and have been in a generally good frame of mind....of course life always tests you..

 

This morning there was a small amount of blood on tissue, none on stools which looked perfectly normal. I was straining which i know is not good, and i remember before when this happened i was also straining. I'm not in any kind of panic stricken state at moment, nothing like before. I spoke to doctor and she told me its probably nothing and didn't even seem to be pushing me to get my colon looked at. So I'm not that worried at the moment.

 

Basically could do with a few reassuring words again, this can't be anything serious, can it?? I feel fine actually.

  • Hello Fredbloggs,

                             it sounds like it could be something really simple,if you have had no change in bowel habits or stools.If you have fresh blood on your tissue not in your stool,it sounds like low down anal fissure or piles maybe.Sometimes diet can also have an impact of the bowel lining,leading to some bleeding.

                  l think you right to be aware and just continue to monitor, any significant changes over time just go back to your doctor.

                                              As an aside l bleed regulary due to irritation of my bowel lining from excessive bile production following the removal of my gall bladder connected to bowel cancer surgery.demonstrating one of many unconnected cancer events that can cause bleeding,

     

                                                                Take care fred,

                                                                                        David

  • Hi David , thanks for replying. 

     

    I agree with you its probably something simple. When it happened a couple of months back the blood was there for about four days. It appeared on stool as a streak( which i was very concerned about because im an expert with dr google now) and bright red blood on tissue( which pointed me to hemarroids). As i said apart from one day diarreah( probably due to anxiety) my stool have been solid and fairy normal sized.  I have done every bit of research under the sun and worried myself sick of it and im pretty sure i don't have cancer. Just that little thing at the back of my mind niggles, especially when i'm not occupied. When i spoke to doctor she did say i will probably see blood again and its something i will have to get used to if i don't want to get checked.

     

    At the moment i'm not worried, hopefully won't see any other symptoms.