Thanks for your reply! I survived the night with no further bleeding. However, when I had a BM this morning, there was still some blood - though not as much as yesterday. Yes, I have my husband and adult son here if I should need help. Now I am waiting for the GI doctor's office to open, to give him...

Anyone had bleeding after a colonoscopy - not related to a bowel movement? When I had my first colonoscopy, about a week later, I had bleeding with a couple of BMs, but nothing in between, and it stopped. This time, I was in the store, shopping, when I spontaneously started bleeding. I went home, an...

Thanks everyone, and especially OntarioGuy - it's good to hear from a fellow Canadian! I am just east of Toronto, and we recently had a Cancer Centre added onto our local hospital, so I know I can get the help needed close to home, if it becomes necessary. And having taken my mom many times to the C...

Can you just make an appointment with any doctor you want in the US, and get in quickly? I am in Canada, and as far as I know, I need a referral to see a new doctor, and it can take 3-6 months (or even longer - I am still waiting two years later for an appointment with one specialist! ) to see a spe...

Thanks so much for all your thoughts are ideas. I am reading everything that is posted, following the links and doing some research myself. I really appreciate it all! As scary as it sounds, Lynch Syndrome does fit - we have 4 generations of cancer! My grandfather (my mom's father) died of lung canc...

Thanks to both of you for your replies! Yes, I've been to the gyne, and I am 58 years old. The pain is no worse than before the colonoscopy, I really don't think they would listen to me if I went to the ER, based on past experience. They usually just tell you to see your doctor unless you are having...

Here is my story: Last January I had my first colonoscopy, and they found tons of polpys, removing some of them, one of them was huge, and pre-cancerous. He showed me a video of my colon, and even I could see the difference between the ones that were just polyps and this huge ugly molted looking one...