Colon Rectal Cancer

Please only serious nice replies. My father has rectal cancer and my aunt has colon cancer .Most docs say the survival rate is 5 years. how many out there have lived longer? Im looking for inspiration..truth only please to this sad situation..

My rectal cancer was in the infancy stage. The doctor found it by mistake, during a prostrate test. This biggest thing is being aware; the lack of education is the real killer.

2006-09-16 00:09:09 by Snake happy

This video shows an endoscopic finding in a patient with a typical rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma

if you had colon or rectal cancer, would you ever have normal size, shape and color stools, or would they always be thin. I sometimes have thin stools (not anywhere near as thin as a pencil, but sometimes a little thinner than usual). For the most part, I have the same, normal size stool, but if i ever see that it is a little thinner, i get nervous. any advice? thanks! ..also, I have never seen blood in my stool

Thought we'd seen the last of the poop questions. Yours is normal. Eat the same thing, the same amount at the same times everyday and your poop will almost always look and smell the same.

2009-05-26 20:21:40 by lola

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i have worked myself into a frenzy.I am a "overweight" yet healthy 42 year old white male who has worked out for 28 years.Last week i was tryin to drop a few pounds an took 2 laxatives to help me drop weight before a social event.I normally dont do this but maybe 2 times per year just to clean out.Anyway when the cramping an normal diahria started i was fine til about the 4th bowel movement (9pm)an i saw bright red blood.It bled next 4-5 movements an about 5am it started becoming solid again to the point at about 7am,my last bowel movement my stool was half normal an have bright red blood.Which was telling me diarhia subsided an i was goin back to normal,by 2-3 pm it was normal by the naked eye .Anyway i figured i better at least check with my family doc an at 8:30 am i was at the office an saw a nurse practitioner.....here is how the conversation went.... she asked if i had hemoroids an i said no unless they are internal. She said well u most likely have a polyp an its probably cancerous an u need to schedule a colonoscopy an before deciding who you wnat to do thsi procedure you wanna figure out who u would want to do a colon resection.i told her she was scaring me with this talk an she just said well do u wanna die,you gotta do it.She did give me a rectal exam an said she couldnt feel anything like a hemmoroid or anything ......but i left the doctors office feeling like i had to have cancer an i may die.I went to the surgeon who will do the colonoscopy friday an he said it could be alotta things an at my age an family history that cancer was unlikely.Now maybe he was just tryin to calm my fears but between this 1st nurse practionener i saw an what ive read on the internet im thinking maybe i do have rectal /colon cancer. i just bled that 1 time basiclaly although another day i used the restroom alot an saw traces of blood in my stool.but its clear by the naked eye now.But i look at the symptoms an think,blood ,thats me, smaller stool,thats me, (although i havent eaten much),feel like i need to go but cant all the way or at leats feel like i didnt empty......so from anyone with knowledge what would u think? does it sound like colon/rectal cancer?
no family history of any colon cancer an no history of cancer period on my moms side.Mydads side is clean but he came fromoverseas so i can only go back 1 generation to my great grandparents.
yes i told both docs about laxatives.the general surgeon or whatever he is that will do the colonoscopy said the laxative coulda cramped me so bad it just made my colon bleed.

Did you tell anyone you took 2 laxatives? Stop doing that! You are likely aggravating your colon.

Surgeons do not normally do colonoscopies, but he was correct in telling you it probably isn’t cancer. Doctors do not say things just to try to calm the patients fears it is their job to be factual and honest with you. The nurse was just plain unprofessional.

If you had rectal cancer it would have been felt, but this does not rule out cancer in the remaining several feet of colon. Your symptoms are not typical of colon cancer and you would be considered very young to have it. Family history is irrelevant beyond second degree relatives. It doesn’t hurt to get a colonoscopy at your age at least it will give you a heads up on the health of your colon, but I wouldn’t worry about cancer.


EDIT: Well there you go. The doctor is telling you pretty much the same thing I’m telling you. So why are you not believing it?

2009-06-10 11:09:03 by kapkrusader

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Statistically, yes. Red meat is shown to cause a sharp increase in the chances of getting this type of cancer. (It might even be something like 300%).

That doesn't mean it doesn't happen to vegetarians, though. A vegetarian friend of mine was diagnosed with colon cancer a few years ago, and she had never eaten meat in her life (over 60 years!). Fortunately she had such a clean system that she was able to tell something was wrong almost immediately, and there was only a problem for about a week.

2008-02-19 13:36:33 by leaselg

i have been having some lower back pain...minor, and also some minor feelings near the base of my tailbone at the left side of the top of my butt crack...sometimes when i pass gas it sounds different than it usually does. i am expecting a loud sound and a small sound comes out. please help. also, I have never seen any blood in my stool, but sometimes get constipated..but who doesnt?? sometimes reading about this stuff online makes your worrying so much worse :(

I am so fed up of hearing people worry and panic about cancer just because they have a pain or ache somewhere. If your so scared, go and see a doctor. We cannot help you.

But your symptoms do not sound like the symptoms associated with colorectal cancer. Nevertheless, go and see your doctor.

2009-07-02 11:04:10 by lola