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TIFU by ignoring my body for 15 months

Fantastic u/HunterxhunterFan posted this 5 months ago:

https://old.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/l21s75/tifu_dismissing_bright_red_blood_in_my_stool_for/

and he hit the nail on the head for what I have been experiencing for the past 15 months. We have the exact same symptoms. It scared the living shit out of me (literally).

After the pandemic hit, I ate a lot of crap and stopped going to the gym for months because of the lockdowns. Which meant loads of biscuits (wheat/gluten) X no exercise = constipation. I had no problems before then. Now I sure do.

About me:

I'm 28, a woman, regularly go to the gym, don't smoke, don't drink and have Crohns disease (since 2009).

Symptoms I've been having:

• Constipation

• Blood in stools and in the toilet bowl (both bright red and dark red)

• Cramping

• Bleeding anus (literally at one point it was pouring with blood after passing stool)

• Misshapen stools (pencil shaped sometimes)

I noticed it seemingly got worse whenever I ate wheat (crackers, biscuits, anything like that seemed to trigger it hard)

So now what?

I saw a colorectal surgeon in November who removed external skin tags and said he found an anal fissure which could be causing the blood. The external tag removed was checked for cancer, and came back clear. So I dismissed it. But the bleeding continued. Then got worse.

Well I went and did a stool sample. And my inflammation level came back as over 900. Anything above 10-15 is considered bad (infection, ulcers etc.)

Fed up, I then went "treasure hunting" and found what feels to be a skin tag about 5cm north of the exit. After touching this, I had painful spasms in my stomach and groin. There was also dark red blood on it. So yep, terrifying.

I have been booked into an urgent colonoscopy this coming Friday to find out what is going on. I'm pretty scared.

I'm certain I have been misdiagnosed. An anal fissure does not swell and cause this much constipation and hunger pains.

I wanted to post this to thank David (u/HunterxhunterFan) for posting the above post. It was a major wake up call for me, and I'm now pursuing the help I need to find out what is going on.

My message to you? If you're having any problems like the ones I listed, GET CHECKED OUT. SERIOUSLY. Colon cancer is becoming extremely common in young people due to the amount of processed food, alcohol and cigarettes young people consume.

I will be updating this thread after Friday to share my journey with you if you're experiencing the same kinda issues.

TL;DR: I messed up by ignoring my body for 15 months and not pushing for a colonoscopy sooner which has resulted in a cancer scare.

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