Colorectal cancer

[Ajanae76]

Hello I am 33 yrs old and very concerned that I have colon or colorectal cancer.  I looked my symptoms up on Mayoclinic.com and everything is pointing towards colorectal cancer.  A little bit about my symptoms and some may be tmi so I apologize in advance.  A few months ago back in April 2010 I noticed after having a bowel movement I noticed bright red blood on the toilet paper that covered the surface, I wiped again and saw that there was still blood but didn't cover the surface and after the third time of wiping I did'nt see anymore.  My husband immediately took me to the hosp and they did an exam and a fobt and saw that I had blood in my stool but said it was from a fissure they saw and prescribed stool softeners for constipation.  The next day I went and had another fobt done and blood was detected a second time.  But again they said it is more then likely from the fissure.  Since that day I have not seen anymore blood and had the fobt repeated once in June and again the last week of Aug and no blood found.  However my concern is, was that a sign of some sort of cancer (i.e colorectal or colon)?    I am very nervous because my last doctor visit I had which was Aug 2010 a cbc test was done which revealed anemia and I had lost 5 pounds I also have been having lower abdominal cramps and narrow stools!!!!  I am very very scared can someone help me please???!!!

[Londres70]

Keep us posted.

All the best.  

[Ajanae76]

Thank you for responding my doctor did send a referral to a GI and the appt is soon.  My doctor also said that it sounds more like Colitis or Crohn's as well.

[Londres70]

In my opinion, sounds like some type of colitis, i.e. Crohn's, but I cannot say this is or is not cancer.

I would recommend consulting a GI Specialist to help you to sort this out as soon as possible.