Hi everyone, I'm new to this, but I've been having anxiety for months so I figured it would be nice to talk to people who have possibly experienced the same things as I have.
My story/ history:
I always had stomach issues, even as a child. When I was ten years old ( 11 years ago, I'm 21) I had a bowel movement and discovered my toilet was full of blood. My doctor thought it may be crohns, I had a colonoscopy and they discovered I had polyps. I also had hemorrhoids, which may have caused the blood. - the doctors did not remove my polyps as they said it wasn't much of a concern.
About 8 months ago I started having stomach pains ( mild) , mostly just fits of diarrhea and constipation. It gradually got worse, I had /have more constipation more than anything now, very extreme to the point where I have to manually remove stool, sometimes they are very hard pellets other times it may be soft stool ( which makes me wonder if I'm experiencing lazy colon?) it sort of feels like the muscles are weak. I have so much mucus, and at times bloody mucus, I experience quite a bit of blood in my toilet as well as on tissues and my fingers ( when manually removing stool) the blood on the tissue can sometimes be bright pink or deep red. My stomach pains are at an all time high, no matter what I eat, gluten free, dairy free, I still get pains. I'm definitely noticing a pattern of having pains after I eat however this isn't always the case as sometimes they happen randomly. I am extremely fatigued, I spend most days in bed which has had a major affect on my life, but I feel too weak to do anything, my body feels like it's wasting away. When I managed to pass a BM it is unusually thin, like a pencil which has never happened to me before the past few months. At times when I manually remove stool it feels like there is a growth or blockage in my butt, a little deeper in, I am concerned.
Another issue would be the fact that I always have the need to use the washroom but then I feel 'empty'
I have an colonoscopy booked for Aug 31, I've been waiting for months so I should be excited as it's almost here, however everyday is getting harder. Im considered I have colon cancer, despite my age, it happens.
*** This is me venting / hoping for feedback, thanks for anyone who reads and gives me input***
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