Terrified

I've always had a sensitive stomach, so when I found blood with mucus after a bowel movement in April I thought nothing much of it. I've continued to have soft bowel movements but again didn't get too worried because of past issues. I rang the doctors and the nurse didn't seem worried either. Fast forward 5 months and I've lost about 8lbs and I'm iron deficient. Now putting all these symptoms together I'm worried sick, I already have anxiety and struggle to sleep, I hope to God they don't take ages with a colonoscopy appointment, I need to be seen to asap.

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  • I had months of rectal bleeding over the summer. Also noticed I had lost maybe a stone in a year and had occasional loose stools - average of once a week - and had a couple of weeks of bad gas pains and trapped wind. I had a colonoscopy a month ago and all they found was hemorrhoids. I know this is limited reassurance, but just to let you know that even with a combination of symptoms, the odds are still against cancer. Depending on your age, they may be very strongly against it. My consultant said that in my case, the chance of cancer was less than 1% but still did the colonoscopy to be sure.

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