Still noticing...

  I'm still noticing some strange bowel movements. I haven't seemed to have any blood, and minimal mucus in the past 2 weeks, but by BMs still go something like this:

Start off, mostly normal, firm, bigger than a quarter stool.

By the end of that stool, it gets thinner (and softer sometimes, maybe)

The following stools are always very soft and mostly pretty thin, about the width of a dime or nickel (and often short)

I don't usually have burning, but the other day I had some really bad burning, but it hasn't returned.

Still kinda scared, here...

  ~ Jeff  (Male - 20 yrs old)

[katey]

ohmigod i know how you're feeling, lol.  AT LEAST YOU"RE STILL NOT BLEEDING!!!  i have the joys of all the same mucus and blood and everything.  You really should consider getting some sort of scope to look for inflammitory bowel disease if you're having blood and mucus and those soft stools. You're ok!!! i promise!!! only 3% of people that get colorectal cancer are under 30, and its usually people with some sort of heriditary predisposition to the disease.  I'm just telling you all the stuff my family doc tells me.  Inflamation (inflammation) in your intestines can apparently cause those thin stools.  I'm having some flat ones.....weird.  Of course im being and obsessive and compulsive about it and got myself all worked up today, but the scope is tomorrow.  I"ll tell you how it went.

[OzConcerned]

Katie... all the best for your tests tomorrow!

[jrd33]

good luck! let us know!