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For the past 10 days, I have been having frequent bowel movements. At first, it started with lots of pain, but the pain got subside after relieving my bowels. The stools were softer and of large quantity. No blood in stool, but a little bit of red color on my toilet paper. I have hemorrhoids, which I know and I have been impacted by all of this. I went to my regular doctor and had an abdominal CT scan last week. I have not received my results yet. I am getting pain to the right of my belly button a few times. After about five or six days when the frequency of going to the bathroom slowed down, I seemed to strain a bit more to go and the stools were coated in white. This would only occur with the harder stools. The other stools seem to be softer and more yellowish in color. After the CT scan, I am of course going to the bathroom frequently, but no white in stool at that time. So, my concern is the mucus which I have never had before. What is causing the diarrhea? Ironically, I had seen my gastro doctor when all of this began. So, I have scheduled another appointment. I had a colonoscopy two years back, all normal except for hemorrhoids and an upper GI at the same time. Gastritis was the only thing found. Since then, I had an abdominal ultrasound and pelvic ultrasound, in which all were fine. Could colon cancer develop quickly? I am a worrying and I am driving everyone around me nuts. My current medication includes Effexor, Allegra, probiotics and Xanax for anxiety. Thanks for your help in advance.
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This episode is going on for about 11 days. When I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy, they were not quite the same symptoms. I often would need to rush to the bathroom. I believe that my mother had colitis. Also, my father is diabetic. I have lost about 2 lbs of weight. I have not been eating as much as I am pooped. Also, my period was late and lasted for only one day, which has never happened. I do not have any reddening of the eyes. I am taking Effexor. Before, I had a higher dose of Omeprazole 40 mg. Due to last month episodes of nausea and loss of appetite, I just stopped it. Although, I have now determined it as mucus in the stool. I started Buspirone about two weeks ago, which I had for anxiety. I am also on Allegra and Budesonide for allergies and I take a probiotic. I do not have any history of diabetes and I have pretty low blood pressure. Only occasionally I will take painkillers such as Motrin or Tylenol. My thought is since my colonoscopy was clear 20 months ago, this is less likely to be either cancer or colitis. But, I basically need a lot of reassurance now. Thank you.
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So, your opinion is that the chances of colon cancer are very unlikely since I had a clean colonoscopy before a year. Is it possible that something can grow quickly? Should the abdominal CT scan shows anything? Could the beginning of menopause be contributing to any of this? I am just a nervous wreck. Please explain.
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I like the response of almost nil and that helps me a lot. Yes, I do need meditation or yoga. I have had health anxiety most of my life. One last thing, will those recommendations help the mucus go away? I have never seen that before. I did read that hemorrhoids can produce mucus as well. Is that possible? Only harder, more strained stools seem to have mucus, while the softer ones are not really visible with it. Also, I will discuss your suggestions with my doctor, when I hear from him. Thank you.
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I know I am crazy, but I wanted to make sure that you were clear on the date of the colonoscopy. It was done 20 months ago and the abdominal and pelvic ultrasound were done two months ago. Is the chance still nil? Are you sure that there is no link between hemorrhoids and mucus?
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I have had some blood work done. All my blood work has been normal. Now, did your response go from nil to very less? Is it possible, that a stomach bug could have caused all of this? Thank you.
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