Your story mirrors mine in a lot of ways. TL;DR get a colonoscopy, INSIST on one. At 28 I started having blood in stool. Last for 2 years, intermittent, one month on and one month off. Doctors wrote it off as hemorrhoids, 2 doctors said they felt and saw them (I now don’t believe I ever had any). Fa...

My anxiety has been getting the better of me. I don’t understand why a new polyp was found 7 months later. I read that sessile polyps are really bad. The highly precancerous one from last time that was the cause of my bleeding was penduculated though. I’m so nervous that the scar tissue/colon Wall f...

Hello again, thanks for your reply and sorry for not replying sooner. I unfortunately do not know the answer to your question. I will look for the pathology report to get it. I had the colonoscopy yesterday and he found a new 3mm sessile polyp. That’s new from 7 months ago. I guess I’m destined to g...

Hey everyone. I realize this might be small potatoes after reading a lot of the posts here but I'm an anxious person. I'm a 31 year old male. Long story short: In November 2017 I had a colonoscopy after having rectal bleeding every now and then for about 2 years-ish. I would go to the doctor and the...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Sorry for not responding sooner, I guess I don’t receive notifications when people reply. So the nurse called me on Monday and said the test was negative for genetic mutations that would increase my chance for colon cancer. That’s a relief, and she said that the doct...

Hello everyone. I just wanted to share my story and what's going on with me especially after a very sobering phone call with my doctor tonight. About 3 years ago I noticed some blood on the toilet paper when I would use the restroom, not a lot, not enough to really freak me out but it was noticeable...