Hi all, just looking for some advice
It all started around September when I suffered some pretty severe stomach cramps which prompted me to run to the loo - only to be confronted with a toilet bowl full of blood. Pretty graphic I know I do apologise. After a rectal exam, normal q fit test & sigmoidoscopy I was diagnosed with hemorrhoids & a small fissure.
since then my tummy problems have escalated, ive noticed more bleeding, diarrhoea a couple times a week and constipation. I’ve also noticed a dull ache on my lower right abdomen that comes & goes. Unsure if it’s due to anxiety or not (I’m a pretty anxious person)
I had a follow up at the colorectal clinic & considering I was still having bleeding they pushed for another q fit test which turned out to be positive this time. Sitting at around 24 I’m sure.
I spoke to my gp & he said I’m just slightly over as they go by anything above 20 is abnormal (I’m in Scotland by the way)
I’ve been referred for a colonoscopy in the next 3 weeks but I’m absolutely beside myself with worry.
I’m a 27 year old with a 2 year old boy & my heart just breaks at the thought of this being anything sinister. I have been reassured they are more concerned with numbers ranging into the 400/500 mark but I’m still over none the less.
any advice would be hugely appreciated to calm this anxious mind! Thank you . X