Mom had surgery in August for stage 3 ovarian cancer (took out everything including part of her intestines, part of colon, spleen, lymph nodes). Still has pain to this day (every two hours) and dr said (from ct and contrast) that it is a bowel blockage from the cancer. But even after two treatments, still has pain and blockage….could it actually be from the surgery? I would assume they would know the difference but I’m just worried.

I found this quote
"A high fiber diet will help by redirecting fat soluble metabolites to the colon rather than bladder. "THC is eliminated primarily in the stool via bile acids. Both EMIT and RIA detect a secondary metabolite which is reabsorbed from the intestines. Thus a person with a high fiber diet will excrete a majority of THC [metabolites] in the stool" (anon1). A fiber-based laxitive will also help by binding bile-acids. Use caution. Fiber laxitives can alter one’s bowel schedule and lead to dependancy."
Is it true?

All these symtoms over the years makes sence, as I have always put it down to bowel cancer. I have never heard of cancer of the anus before. Now wounder I have been getting bleeding every 2-3 months in 2005, my bowels have changed 180 degrees now, I am so itchy up my bum 24/7 non stop and it is so frustrating. I also have the HPV virus in me and have had that for a few years now. Today I found out that if you have the HPV you are much more at risk of getting cancer of the anus. I am passing out all mucus in my bowels now, and I feel the urge to go a lot and when I do it is soft and mucusy, this is all the time. I am 38 and female, with a history of cancer in my family. I have a lump of my bum and I will be getting a biopys taken of that soon. Things are now making sence, and it has taken awile to put it all together. I found out colonoscopys do not detect anus cancer, just colon. The itchingness has spread to other areas and I cannot stand it. I am not scared of death
as I know where I am going but I am scared of the process. This itching is driving me mad, and I was told today that cancer of the anus is all part of it. I will have to get my lump biopsyied. so worried here. Any advice for me? Becasue if it does turn out that I have what I now suspect I will accept it. This explains all the diarea over the 2 and a half year period and bleeding and all. wow I am finaly getting to the bottom of this.

I’ve been discharging blood for months now (it’s bright red, so I thought it might be a hemorrhoid or something), and have two bumps on my bum that aren’t really going away (though one has sort of healed). I wasn’t worried about it because it was bright red, so it wasn’t colon bleeding or anything (I think), but I’m not sure what it is. Does anything pop out as a possibility?

First of all i want to point out that I am a young straight male who is a virgin and I do not put anything into my anus. I know some immature people are going to leave some rude comments if I don’t make this clear.

About three months ago I had a colonscopy and the doctor found that my colon has no problem other than a very small internal hemorrhoid. About half a month after that when I was in bathroom I past some rock-hard stools and i felt like there was a cut on my anus and it hurted as hell, then a few drop of blood dripped down to the toilet. From then on everytime when I walk or run for a while my anus will feel irritated, not painful, just some very uncomfortable feeling; in addition, from then on about every two week i would notice blood on my stool and toilet paper, but most of the time it’s not painful at all. And the blood is sometimes birhgt red and somtimes its a little bit darker, but not very dark.

I am guessing it is because I have not fully recovered from the fissure, but one thing that confuses me is that now when I see blood on my stool I wont feel any pain, cause I know fissure is supposed to be painful everytime when passing stools. I am wondering if the uncomfortable feeling I get when walking/jogging and the blood is due to the fissure that I had or the hemorrhoid? Please tell me what you think If you or somebody you know have or had similar problem. Thanks in advance.

I did think about going back to the doctor but I want to see if I can solve this problem myself first. I read online that fissure takes a long time to heal and suggested treatment includes warm bath, stool softener and fiber, I am afraid that when i go to the doctor he will just tell me to do the same thing, I am a poor student and can’t afford high health care cost!