I was diagnosed with IBS ast a teenager and I am now 35; so I've been living with this basically for as long as I can remember. Many of the symptoms vary from day to day so sometimes I would just not bother with a 'doctor visit' b/c he'd always come back with 'IBS'; My family has a history of colon cancer too. I've had many colonoscopies and scheduled for another one next week. They've removed many polyps, some pre-cancerous and some benign -
My last colonoscopy was in 2007; and I can actually feel an obstruction (hard to explain but I know something is there; the pain and discomfort) - I have alot of the 'cancer symptoms' / 'IBS symptoms' (most gastro symptoms seem to be related) so it's always written off as 'IBS' and told to watch my diet. (I have always and still do eat healthy and plenty of fiber (which sometimes makes it worse)). Well, the problems have increased, meaning more of everything or more intensified in the symptoms. BMs: More blood (when there is blood), More mucus (when there is mucus), sometimes only mucus (lots of it), Very thin bms, nauseous a lot of the time, dizzy and weak/extremely tired (I have more symptoms, but these are the ones that concern me - also lately I've had this horrible throbbing headache everyday; not sure if it's related)
So my questions are: could a new polyp(s) have developed from 2007 have delveloped and turned to cancer? could the doctor have missed on in the last colonoscopy? (They are doing a CT Scan next week too, but in the meantime I was hoping to find some more answers on what this could be if it's not related to cancer and what I can do about it).
I thank you in advance to any help anyone can give me.