Blue poop?
Blue poop?
After seeing a toilet filled with blood a couple of years ago, my life has changed... now it seems I've become a poop inspector. Not to be too graphic or funky, but once it's happened to you, it's like a moth drawn to a flame, you have to look every time! My wife got a good laugh when I came out of the bathroom yesterday. I was nearly in shock wondering what form of mutant CRC I had developed that could possibly make your poop turn blue. I was in a state of panic and headed straight for Dr.Google when she calmly reminded me of a blueberry/pomegranate Gatorade that I had consumed earlier that morning. For just a few moments I was freaked out and scarred shitless! Of course we both had a good laugh, but it was just another reminder of how this damn disease changes you forever...can I get an Amen!!!
Mike, 49 y/o at Dx 1/14 stage 3c
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
Re: Blue poop?
Also beware of red velvet cake. Can look like blood in your poop. I remember reading here of someone who even went to the ER in a panic!
Kathy
Kathy
Stage 1- resection 9/ 05
Recurrence-2/ 2008 chemo/radiation 5 FU/oxi
APR surgery 7/ 2008- Found spread to liver-Margins not clean
chemo between surgeries
Liver resection and HAI pump-11/ 08 Chemo 6 months
NED 11/08
NED since 11/2008
Recurrence-2/ 2008 chemo/radiation 5 FU/oxi
APR surgery 7/ 2008- Found spread to liver-Margins not clean
chemo between surgeries
Liver resection and HAI pump-11/ 08 Chemo 6 months
NED 11/08
NED since 11/2008
Re: Blue poop?
Kathy wrote:Also beware of red velvet cake. Can look like blood in your poop. I remember reading here of someone who even went to the ER in a panic!
Kathy
Funny that you mentioned red velvet cake... I love it! and was also freaked out around Christmas time last year, I didn't go to the ER but was also in a panic till I realized it has a lot of red food coloring in it!
Mike, 49 y/o at Dx 1/14 stage 3c
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
Re: Blue poop?
Don't been ashamed about being a poop inspector. I also do it, out of pure fear. I once got scared because I didn't understand why there were small pieces of a foreign items in my stool. Then I realized it all the flax, chia and hemp seeds along with the 9 grains bread I eat.
And yes, red food dye can do a number on one's poop.
Jan
And yes, red food dye can do a number on one's poop.
Jan
61 y/o female @ DX...........
T3N0M1
6/13 DX- stage 4
Sigmoid colon cancer.
One met to lung
7/13 colon resection
8/13 lung resection
7/17 four years....NED
8/18 five years....NED
MELANOMA
63 y/o @ DX
6/15 stage 2a
7/15 surgery on arm
7/15 NED
4/16 recurrance
5/16 remove metastasis from back
5/16. Started immunotherapy
8/16 discontinue treatment
7/18...PET scan...NED
T3N0M1
6/13 DX- stage 4
Sigmoid colon cancer.
One met to lung
7/13 colon resection
8/13 lung resection
7/17 four years....NED
8/18 five years....NED
MELANOMA
63 y/o @ DX
6/15 stage 2a
7/15 surgery on arm
7/15 NED
4/16 recurrance
5/16 remove metastasis from back
5/16. Started immunotherapy
8/16 discontinue treatment
7/18...PET scan...NED
Re: Blue poop?
Now that's funny Kenny! ...except maybe thinking about Leann Rimes next time I poop a smurf! Yuk!! 
Mike, 49 y/o at Dx 1/14 stage 3c
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
Re: Blue poop?
I had a very similar experience, but with red gatorade. I was at work (in an ER no less) and thought I passing all sorts of blood. Decided to ignore it for a while and several hours later remembered that I drank the gatorade. Tomato soup has gotten me too. And watermelon, red velvet cake cookies...
36 year old mama to 3 (8,5,3)
Dx May 2014
Stage IV cc with met to cervix
2/134 pos LN
partial colectomy with temp ileostomy
folfox with avastin 6/14
Oct 14, hyst-mets to uterus, rt ovary implants
1/6/15 6 rounds of folfox
5/4/15 done with 28 tx chemo-rad
7/24/15 completion colectomy, NED!
Dx May 2014
Stage IV cc with met to cervix
2/134 pos LN
partial colectomy with temp ileostomy
folfox with avastin 6/14
Oct 14, hyst-mets to uterus, rt ovary implants
1/6/15 6 rounds of folfox
5/4/15 done with 28 tx chemo-rad
7/24/15 completion colectomy, NED!
Re: Blue poop?
Don't forget beets.
70 male stage 3b cc
Dx 5/9/14
Resection 7/1/14
dx 9/14
65 yr wife DLCl
Sct 3/21/19 Ned last 8 mo.
Dx 5/9/14
Resection 7/1/14
dx 9/14
65 yr wife DLCl
Sct 3/21/19 Ned last 8 mo.
Re: Blue poop?
I have a bag and yes it is interesting what can show up at the other end. But I will admit, I have not seen blue poop yet. I'm sure you both will remember that one for many yrs to come.
Lee
Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!
Re: Blue poop?
The really funny part is my 3 year old Grandson called me into the bathroom a few days ago to "help with some paperwork" after he was finished using the potty. His poop was a really bright green color! We did a thorough head to toe inspection and came to the conclusion that he had eaten a crayon, sidewalk chalk, or something else gnarly that only a 3 year old could consume. I found out after my "blue" episode that his Mom had given him some green apple Gatorade. They should put a warning on the label of that crap!
Mike, 49 y/o at Dx 1/14 stage 3c
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan
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