Hope you don’t mind me emailing, I found this information on Facebook. I feel like I’m going out of my mind with worry.
Yesterday my doctor called to say my FIT test came back positive, 20ug and she’s sending me for 2 week wait colonoscopy referral, I’m 42 I’ve had a dodgy stomach for as long as I can remember, one minute I’m constipated the next I’m on the toilet as soon as I’ve eaten. But the change in smell is what made me ask for help (it smelt toxic my wind & when I went to toilet)
The day before I done my FIT test I had struggled to go to the toilet and when I did it really hurt as it felt really hard and almost like it damaged my bottom, after I felt sore but didn’t see no blood when I wiped. I had a shower that night and went to bed. I then woke up to go to wee and when I wiped myself I noticed there was blood on tissue from wiping my bottom. Now I cannot get all this out of my head, and feel like I’m on the verge of having a panic attack. Now all I keep seeing is cancer.
Hi Lucy42e63d1c and a warm welcome to the board. There’s a lot of things that can cause blood in your stool like ibs, colitis, diverticulitis, piles etc. so please don’t assume it’s cancer. The fact that you’re getting checked out is good so stay away from google and try to distract yourself until your colonoscopy.
Only 1 in 10 colonoscopies results in a bowel cancer diagnosis and they will chat with you afterwards about what they’ve seen and any action they’ve taken. Getting stressed will cause your tummy to churn and then you’ll stress some more so try to stay calm until you know what you’re dealing with ( if anything)
