Hello all,
This is my first post on here. I went to the doctors a couple weeks back after I noticed some blood mixed in with my poop. In retrospect, my bowel movements changed years ago. First I started to have to go every morning like clockwork. Then here the past 6 months, I have had to go 2-3 times a day. That did not take me to the doctors as I did not see it as a medical issue at the time. My bowel movements are narrow as well. I just noticed this after internet searching colon cancer obsessively and seeing it was a symptom and then looking for myself and paying more attention. Not sure how long that has been going on. I am only 39 years old. I am scared to death that I have cancer. Thought I would come here to get some advice. Anyways, the department of Veterans Affairs scheduled me 6 weeks out for my sigmoidoscopy. This is torture. What are the chances that this is just polyps? Thanks for your time.