I appreciate your forum and reading some prior answers has been useful. I am writing for your opinion and I have a few questions. First, I am a 25 yo male, no major health problems. I have always had a well rounded diet with pretty much fiber. I exercise 3-4 times a wk, although I have had periods for several wks where I have been too busy to exercise. When I was 15, I had some extreme stomach pains with and without going to the bathroom. I eventually went to a gastro. A colonoscopy was done and did not show anything. They diagnosed me with IBS. As I improved my diet and quit worrying about it, it did not bother me very often unless I was stressed, or occasionally with a stomach virus. For the last several months, I have had this really full feeling in my stomach, not like i am not hungry, but like my stomach is tense. I have a dull cramping feeling under my bellybutton on both sides and in the middle, often radiating into my hip area. Bowel habits have been pretty regular until a couple of days ago when I have just been going a small amount, somewhat smaller caliber. There is no history of colon cancer in my family other than my dads grandma. My dad had some polyps removed when he turned 53 or so. My doctor did a digit exam and a quick test for blood and did not find anything. All info I find seems to indicate cancer is rare, but the symptoms still worry me.
-What is your opinion on the symptoms?
-Is it possible for cancer to develop within 10 yrs of a colonoscopy that did not show anything?
-I know colon cancer is not common among young people, but I wonderred if it typically stems from polyps in young people as in older people?
Thank you