Good Afternoon, I wanted to give you all an update. My husband had his colonoscopy and endoscopy today and he has internal hemmroids and an inflamed hiatal hernia, which may be the causation to his iron deficiency anemia. He doesn’t have any polyps or tumors in his stomach or colon. His doctor wants...

Thank you to all of you who’ve been super helpful. So looking at his most recent bloodwork, his hemoglobin went from 10.9 to 10.8 but his hematocrit went up from 35.7 to 36. However, his ferritin level is a low 8. Also, he had elevated liver enzymes that have since went down over the past month. His...

Did the doctor suggest anything for his anemia? I was very anemic. Susan Hi Susan, Thank you for your response. How low was your iron at diagnosis? The only thing that was suggested is to go and see a hematologist. That appointment is next week as well. His iron levels slightly improved in some are...

The waiting for appointments and test results is always hard. Try not to worry prematurely. It is good that he's been tested yearly and that the low hemoglobin level is not too low. Mine was at 7 when I found out I had anemia in November 2016. That was my only symptom, and when I was diagnosed with...

My question is, can iron deficiency anemia and microscopic blood be the only two symptoms one can have prior to being diagnosed with colon cancer? Tricia HI and welcome, sorry for the reason you are here. It can be, butt it can also be caused by many other things. Cancer is just ONE possibility. Pr...

Tricia, My husband didn't figure out that he had anemia until his hemoglobin was a life-threatening 6. It took him being in congestive heart failure and unable to breathe to seek medical attention. We found out that the anemia was due to a tumor's perforation of his large intestinal lining. He had ...

Good Morning and thank you to those of you who read this. My husband is 34 and has always gone to his doctor for yearly physicals as well as to his gastro doctor to treat his GERD and hiatal hernia. This December 2017 for the first time ever his blood work was off during his yearly routine physical....