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rockandrollcityplan187 karma

What kind of Dr. tells you that a little blood in your stool is normal? A small amount of fresh blood from a hemorrhoid is “normal,” as in not too concerning, but consistent bloody poop should trigger all kinds of testing including metabolic panel, abdominal scans, endoscopy, and colonoscopy. As someone that has experienced years of GI issues, I couldn’t imagine my Dr waiving off something as serious as bloody stool as being normal - it’s not.

I’m sorry that you’ve had to go through this.

EDIT: Maybe an actual doctor can chime in to say otherwise, but your “amazing” GP was anything but if she had the full story of your symptoms and let that go for two years. Lord knows that I’d be calling my doctor and probably going to the ER at the first sign of obviously bloody stools. That’s like a major red flag (no pun intended) for bleeding ulcers, colitis, and serious colon cancers.

rockandrollcityplan57 karma

That’s awful, and I hope that the cancer was discovered in time and that he’s now okay. Maybe I’m just lucky enough have a great doctor or to live in a city where you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a top notch hospital, but asking about bloody stools and cancer checks/testing were the first things that happened with my GI issues. Thankfully, it has not been cancer.

rockandrollcityplan14 karma

My mechanic once remarked that the only high mileage European makes that he ever sees are Volvos, Mercedes, older Porsches and well maintained Saabs. BMW and Audi are built for fun, not longevity. And Land Rover is... well, British electronics and all.

rockandrollcityplan11 karma

Thanks for the response. You’re just in a terrible situation and if there’s a lessons learned, or at least something that you can impart to the Reddit hoards it that you are your best advocate and that means being 100% honest with yourself and your doctors.

All the best to you.

Unrelated, but it’s frustrating that there’s no American English equivalent to “mate.” We have no informal inclusive non gender specific term like that.

rockandrollcityplan11 karma

Still not good. A little amount of fresh red, not dark,blood is kind of normal for hemorrhoids. But dark blood, which is a sign of internal bleeding, or even consistent fresh blood should be enough to give a doctor pause. A look at those suspected hemorrhoids should have been the minimum.

EDIT: I’m not trying to dog you, but either you didn’t properly communicate your symptoms or your doctor was not giving you the proper attention and care. It’s so important that people are honest and open to their GP’s and that they contact them or even go to the ER when things are obviously not right.