Thank you all for the advice. I met with my gastroenterologist and he seemed great. He has me scheduled for a colonoscopy this Friday. I have to admit I am more than a little freaked out--both by the idea of the procedure and also terrified of what they might find. I can't get it out of my mind. My ...

I am a 32YR old male that has otherwise been fairly healthy. At the start of this year I had my appendix removed due to right side pain, etc. Since that time I have had pain in both my right and left side, excess gas, stools that were thinner, etc. All of these were concerning, but I didn't make an ...

So I saw my doctor and he didn't seem concerned. He said without a family history and given my age he would not be concerned with the condition of flat stool. He said if I had blood in my stool I could be concerned, but otherwise to stop worrying about it. Thank you all for the advice.

thank you all. Beginning around 5 or 6 years ago I would spot a small amount of bright red blood on toilet paper and occasionally on stool. This would happen once or twice during a painful BM and then not happen again for 6mo to a year. This hasn't happened in about 2 or more years (can't remember w...

Hi all, I know you probably get these questions a lot, but I wanted to ask anyway. I'm 32yo male with no family history of colon cancer and no other medical conditions. I've had a couple days of flat, ribbon like stool and mentioned it to my wife. She seemed concerned and then I told her that I've h...