I noticed bright red blood on my toilet paper periodically. I would ignore it a bit, then worry more when it re-occurred. After a month or so, I went to see my GP (I was 40 at the time). He thought it was just hemorrhoids. A year later my wife convinced me to go back and see what was up. I was referred a week later to my gastroenterologist who diagnosed me with a 5cm tumor. The path report showed that it was T2N0M0.

I'm fully healed now, though I have a permanent colostomy.

ah congratulations. glad to hear this.

few more follow ups if you dont mind :-) so there was no blood in or on the stool itself? and what was the quanitity on the toilet paper? just a small stripe or a lot? and how frequent was it throughout the year? monthly,weekly,daily?

thanks :-)

I didn't look at my stool. There was a decent stripe on the toilet paper. I was in denial so I didn't measure it. ;)

It was infrequent. My doctor speculated that if I had a firm stool, that would cause the tumor to bleed.

You seem worried with your multiple posts. You really should ask a doctor.

Note there can also be blood that is not visible in your stool - (occult blood is the term). It's recommended to check for that on a regular basis and it's fairly easy to confirm their presence.

Fairly easy to spot not-visible blood? How?

iFOB test

For my experience, noticed rich red blood at first collected in the bowl of the toilet, then started noticing streaks of blood on the stool, consistently there every time. I did put it of for 3 months, and I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, that had spread from my colon to the liver through my lymph nodes.