Re: Question about bleeding?

[Guest guest]

In my husband's case there were NO signs. About a month before he had lower

back pain and later he had a hard mass where his liver had enlarged. There were

none of the classic signs. Bright red blood is a sign that SOMETHING is wrong

could be very minor like a tear BUT DO NOT ignore it! Get a colonoscopy

ASAP!!

Don't take NO for an answer!

If God forbid it is serious the earlier you find out the better chance there

is for cure.

Try not to worry but DO find out.

We are all here to pray for and support you

Let us know what happens

God bless

Narice

" As long as I know the WHO

I can bear any HOW

even though I don't know WHY "

(Commentary on Job from Dialogue in Despair)

[Guest guest]

The symptoms you have could be hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, polyps.

I had streaked blood in my stools, not on the tissue paper. Lots of

times if there is blood on the toilet paper also, it turns out to be

hemorroids or an anal fissure. My doctor sent me for a colonoscopy.

He found a lot of polyps,which were removed. It was a polyp that was

causing the bleeding. Unfortunately, they also found a cancerous

lesion. I also agree and urge you to get a colonoscopy. It is better

to be safe than sorry. As mentioned previously, there may be no

signs of cancer until it is too late. Again, do not panic until you

have discussed this with your doctor. Keep us posted.

Lynn

-- In colon_cancer_support , " shelleyk310 "

<ladylanceshu@a...> wrote:

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> Hey everyone,

>

> I am wondering if anyone's first sign of colon cancer was bright

red

> streaked blood in stool and blood on the tissue paper?

>

> I would really appreciate responses, thanks so much!

[Guest guest]

In my husband's case there were absolutely no signs whatsoever. Not

even until the day they did the colonoscopy and the actual surgery

that determined he was stage III...surgeon could not believe it. Red

blood indicates that there is something going on...could be minor,

could be more. Definitely needs to be checked out. If you are a

young person, don't let them write it off to hemrroids....insist on a

more thorough exam especially if there is any colon cancer history in

your family.

Monika

>

> Hey everyone,

>

> I am wondering if anyone's first sign of colon cancer was bright

red

> streaked blood in stool and blood on the tissue paper?

>

> I would really appreciate responses, thanks so much!

[Guest guest]

yup! But I was told for years it was a hemmoroid.