My Colorectal Cancer Symptoms

Today I’m covering the symptoms that I experienced leading up to my Colorectal Cancer diagnosis. I’ll share with you the timeline of when those symptoms popped up and what was tried to attempt to fix them.

If you’re experiencing any kind of changes in your body (and it doesn’t have to be potentially cancer-related) here is the list of important things to keep track of for talking with your doctor in order to help figure out what is going on:

1) when did the symptoms start
2) is there anything you do that makes it better or worse
3) what is the quality of the symptom or pain (such as is it dull or sharp pain, is there blood in the toilet or in your stool)
4) if there is pain, does it start in one place then radiate to another
5) how severe is the pain
6) how long the symptoms last

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[kellytrundle]

Stage 3 colorectal cancer survivor here. Just had the reverse ileostomy in October.
God bless all of us!

[laland]

My Dr told me to get a colonoscopy at 32. Because I was bleeding in my stool. Saved my life.

[irisarana]

the problem is doctors keep putting off patients by saying " you are too young"

[blackpeterose]

Great information. Thanks for keeping us updated on the signs and symptoms of this disease. You are very insightful. Helping to save lives. God Bless you. Glad you are doing ok.🙏🏾

[drzenkobilas]

The smelly farts are probably the smell of altered blood from the cancer bleeding, when traumatised by the poo rubbing past it. Thank you for being so open and honest. If I eat beef then my poo smells more. In a vegetarian, offensive smelling poo, could be a very early sign of bowel cancer. Thank you.

[foghornlv]

Not an easy subject to talk about for sure ... thank you Jelena.

[powerhousepaperairplanesrogers]

I'm glad your still here. My father beat his Colon Cancer last year. His father had it and his father had it. I'm sure I'll have it later in life too.

[agnesscott]

Recently been diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I've just recently launched my own YouTube channel and I'm learning a lot.

[blessed]

My prayers are with you 🙏. I wish the best for you 💕. Take care and thank you for be so brave and all your information.

[johanfritz]

Glad you are alive. My aunt was recently diagnosed. By the way, you might have the most beautiful eyes i ever seen. Cheers, from Sweden.

[marcussimmons]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Prayers for your continued recovery...

[chrisd]

I'm a 32 year old male, back in 2018 I went to Cabo for a week and a week or 2 after I came home I began passing gas with bloody mucus as well. It smelled just like the restrooms there at the beach, I'm assuming I had just an infection or virus from the water. I have been battling severe GERD as long as I can remember. Did an endoscopy which came back clear, did a stool sample FIT test last year also which came back negative. I'm now waiting for my 2nd fit test and hoping for the best. All I can say is going Health was never even in the back of my mind until that episode of mucus and now I realized how important it is to keep up on that even at my age. Good luck to you and whoever may read this.

[ianp.]

Thank you for your courage and transparency.

[swayzy]

I have a colonoscopy tomorrow. Most everything besides cancer has been ruled out. Im 23. I already had a stroke in early 2019. Soooo wish me luck yall.

[igryzgs]

I’m scared. Please, pray for me. I’m going to have a checkup on saturday.

[JSFGuy]

🙋 same here, official diagnosis October 18th, surgery 2019. Got reassembled late 19 went back to work. Now apply for DA. Constipation city.

[d]

It is never ok to have bleeding from the rectum. Don't ever allow your doctor (usually lazy or uncaring or...) to tell you nonsense like, "It's hemorrhoids, " "It's nothing to worry about, " "Just watch it for a while, " etc. Wishing great health to all🙏🙏

[sheilareynolds]

ANY bright red blood in the stool should be checked out immediately!

[aureliaionita]

God bless you, for stepping and talking about this ❤

[ineedvyvanse]

Thank you for sharing. I’ve noticed from a lot of people sharing their stories that a lot of you have been long term vegetarians. Just something I’ve noticed!