Fear of Bowel Cancer

[Moglin22]

Hello

I just registered as I'm driving myself silly with worry. Over Christmas I experienced low down abdominal cramps with low back pain, mainly first thing in the morning. Paracetamol took it away. For the last 5 days have had smallish stringy stools several times a day. Pains have gone but twice on separate days I noticed some slight mucus with very pale pink very small streaks in it. Stool size gone back to almost normal. Could this be cancer?

Thank you to anyone who can relate to this in any way. I will be so grateful.X

 

[janemariesayed]

Hello

I just registered as I'm driving myself silly with worry. Over Christmas I experienced low down abdominal cramps with low back pain, mainly first thing in the morning. Paracetamol took it away. For the last 5 days have had smallish stringy stools several times a day. Pains have gone but twice on separate days I noticed some slight mucus with very pale pink very small streaks in it. Stool size gone back to almost normal. Could this be cancer?

Thank you to anyone who can relate to this in any way. I will be so grateful.X

To be honest I don't know how to recognise cancer in stools. I know there shouldn't be blood in our stools or mucus. You don't have to go to the doctor, you can just phone up the reception and talk to the receptionist about your complaint and she would tell you if it was important to make an appointment. You could also talk to your local pharmacist as they have a good idea about symptoms as well. Think about what you have eaten recently as well as that could have an effect on your stools. I hope you are okay and that it isn't anything untoward.