Notes on My Chemotherapy

Re:Notes on My Chemotherapy by greedo on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:19PM (#26042455)

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.

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Re:Notes on My Chemotherapy by mpfundstein on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:24PM (#26042495)

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 :-)

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Re:Notes on My Chemotherapy by greedo on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:31PM (#26042535)

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.

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Re:Notes on My Chemotherapy by Daho0n on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:23AM (#26044815)

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

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