Hi there, 

I have severe anxiety which doesn't help me when writing this, but I have had blood in my stool reoccuring since I was about 11 or 12 years old, I was too scared to see a doctor and the blood would go away throughout my teens, before coming back as watery, bloody and mucusy diarrhoea, and I would need to go to the toilet often in the morning 3 or 4 times. I am now 21 and it is still happening, sometimes my poo looks normal and I have no cramps, but it comes back red, watery and mucusy. I have stomach cramps which come along with this and on a couple of occasions being out in public, I haven't been able to make it to a toilet in time. I have a horrible fear of hospitals and doctors which is why I have never got it checked, but I am so worried that the symptoms have been going on for so long that I have something which cannot be treated anymore. I am so worried that it is cancer, and I knkw there are other things it could be but my mind keeps going there considering how long it has been going on. The only person that knows is my partner, and hopefully with their help I will be able to contact my gp, but as I said, I would go as far to say I have a phobia of gps and it's going to be so difficult to do.

I just wanted to know if anyone had any similar experiences and what happened when you went to the gp/hospital?

Thank you