Hi everyone I'm Beth 35 mummy of 3 small hoomans from West Yorkshire.
I'm just wondering if anyone has any or had some of the same signs/symptoms as me, I'm currently awaiting my colonoscopy.. So I've had bleeding/blood in stools on and off for a few years now but put that down to internal hemorrhoid, frequent bowel changes, random belly aches and when I need to go to the toilet I have to get there quick, narrow stools/ feeling like I've never fully emptied my bowels and I've just had bloods done that shows I have iron deficiency anaemia. My grandma died from bowel cancer and my dad had pre cancer polyps removed. Thank you for reading xx
Hi UnicornRider and fellow West Yorkshire woman. I’ve attached a link to a pamphlet from the bowel cancer uk page about symptoms.
bowelcancerorguk.s3.amazonaws.com/.../SymptomsDiary_BowelCancerUK_2024_Full_Colour.pdf
Yes a lot of your symptoms are applicable to bowel cancer but also to piles, colitis, diverticulitis, crohns etc. The important thing is to get checked out thoroughly with a colonoscopy. Only 1 in 10 colonoscopies results in a bowel cancer diagnosis so please try not to worry too much, distract yourself with your 3 beautiful children and let us know how it goes?
Take care
Karen x
Aww hi Karen thanks so much for your kind words and information, of course I'll keep you posted, thanks again ️ xx
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