Symptoms?

I go in for surgery tomorrow and had no symptoms. My colonoscopy was simply routine, due to colon problems I've had for several years (e-coli 11 years ago and problems ever since).

Good luck. I just came here this past Friday. These are wonderful people.

I Birdee,
I didn't have the symptoms you had. Acutally, mine was crunching ice! I started crunching ice (I never did that before) and knew something wasn't right. That is a sign of anemia and sure enough, went to doctor,...blood test..I had anemia.

Doctor wanted to find out if I was bleeding and the colonoscopsy was the first thing he did. Found a "little" place which ended up being Adenocarcenoma (sp)

None of the blood test, CEA, ETC or CT or PET scan showed I had cancer cause it was so little.


Had surgery and removed 12 inch of colon and resection and I'm back to normal now.

Stage III so I am still on chemo but half way done and I know I will beat this thing. No doubt about it. I feel I've done better than I thought I would through all of this.

Hope your results are good ones and I sure will be thinking of you. Just don't spend your eneregy on worry and fret...leave it for the future!

My best
Claudia

Hi,
I had the same symptoms you described as well as feeling like I always had to go to the bathroom. I also had severe leg cramping due to being anemic. I passed the mucous and blood for a couple of years. I first had a Dr tell me it was just hemmorhoids (28 at the time), but it continued and got worse. I was also in serious denial, also due to medical training. It was still a shock when I was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer at 32, but I am glad I found out and received treatment. Don't panic until you get your results it still could be several other things.

Kiersten

Hi. I just noticed (what I thought was) blood on toilet paper after bowel movements. I went to Dr. and then had colonoscopy. Had a polyp removed. Supposedly, I am OK, but I'm very nervous. I am 43 and have twin babies, 9 mos. old.

claud1951 said:

I Birdee,
I didn't have the symptoms you had. Acutally, mine was crunching ice! I started crunching ice (I never did that before) and knew something wasn't right. That is a sign of anemia and sure enough, went to doctor,...blood test..I had anemia.

Doctor wanted to find out if I was bleeding and the colonoscopsy was the first thing he did. Found a "little" place which ended up being Adenocarcenoma (sp)

None of the blood test, CEA, ETC or CT or PET scan showed I had cancer cause it was so little.


Had surgery and removed 12 inch of colon and resection and I'm back to normal now.

Stage III so I am still on chemo but half way done and I know I will beat this thing. No doubt about it. I feel I've done better than I thought I would through all of this.

Hope your results are good ones and I sure will be thinking of you. Just don't spend your eneregy on worry and fret...leave it for the future!

My best
Claudia

I never thought of crunching ice as a symptom---but looking back I did have a few. I was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer in March, after a colonscopy, and had surgery a week later( like yours) and I am currently in my second week of oral pill form chemo. The tumor was "big" and "deep", but no evidence of it anywhere else. So, in October I too had been crunching ice(and I never had before)--and eating LOTS of cucumbers and green pappers! In December, I had a routine check up( yes, I have one yearly) that showed I was severly anemic--only a "6"---so the doc put me on 400 mg of iron daily with little improvement. I had skin and nail changes and a color change----very pale. I now feel/look better then I have in 3 years! But now the Chemo.... Thank you for your messages---it does help! Best wishes to you that you may continue to better than you expected thru your second helf----which should be over by now. Let me know how you are!!!