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    girlygirl1819 Posts: 67, Reputation: -1
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    Jun 22, 2008, 09:26 PM
    I think I have colon cancer
    OK I made a post on here a couple of days ago and here are my symptoms: my stomach has become very large and hard... I look 7 or 8 months pregnant by the way I'm not! I have had rectal bleeeeding it off and on... whenever I have mexican food I have to potty like bad and when I can't go anymore I feel like I still need to go but I can't really get anything else out (might be an over share)... umm I have headaches like crazy when I go to sleep they are there when I wake up they are there! I don't know I am really worried because my grandmother had colon cancer and its been in my family and it normally skips generations... is that what it might be?
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    Jun 22, 2008, 09:30 PM
    Have you been to your doctor and checked? I know someone who had similar symptoms and her malady was a hernia; and the repair has been successful. Get going tomorrow morning, and good luck!
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    Jun 22, 2008, 10:10 PM
    It can be all sorts of things, and you can worry and guess at a 100 things, Go to the doctor, find out what it is, and get proper treatment.
    Why have you waited so long?
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    Jun 22, 2008, 10:29 PM
    You went to the doctor about it already, didn't you? Go to a different doctor and get a second opinion and more tests done. If there is blood in your stool, that should be checked out.
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    Jun 22, 2008, 11:09 PM
    I have Ulcerative Colitis,it's a form of Inflammatory bowel disease. When I was first going through symptoms,my first reaction was Colon Cancer. Turned out it wasn't that,but the other. See a Dr,get referred to a Gastroenterologist(GI).
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    Jun 23, 2008, 02:38 AM
    The headaches doesn't worry me as much as rectal bleeding, but as many people said above, rectal bleeding doesn't immediately mean colon cancer. It could mean a million things. Go get it checked.
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    Jun 23, 2008, 03:47 PM
    OK so I had a pap test done and it took over a week to get the results back anyway I have HPV and abnormal cells! Colon cancer and cervical cancer runs in my family... the doctor said since I'm so young (under 21) that I don't have to come back for a year to get another pap test but I'm saying eff her ill get a new doctor because she really isn't one! (I have medcaide and I had to go to planned parenthood) so ill go to a general doctor... yall keep me in your prayers!
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    Jun 23, 2008, 07:31 PM
    Yeah honey... if your having rectal bleeding,in your bowel movements... I don't think a pap would show anything. Wise move going to your general Dr... He'll get this figured out for you. Just be sure to tell him/her exactly your symptoms(even if it seems minor).. dont be embarrassed of anything... they have heard it all! Honestly,it could be a hemmroid or anything... just have it checked,for sure given family history especially.
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    Jun 23, 2008, 07:33 PM
    Our prayers are with you, girly!
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