Okay so i’m 19, and ever since i can remember my stools have been what is referred to as "pellet stools" which i thought was normal till i started reading up on it. I’ve heard that pellet stools are a sign of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. About 2 years ago after i went to the bathroom i noticed the water was bloody. I showed my mom and she asked if i had hemorrhoids and i said idk but i noticed after i changed my diet that never happened again. Sometimes i feel bloated and feel like there is a lot of gas in my stomach which read is both a symptom of colon cancer and IBS. Other then that i have no symptoms.

I’m just really scared and after i read up on these things i started think i had colon cancer because i tend to be a hypochondriac. I’m a healtthy weight and have been eating and exercising a lot more the older i get.
My boyfriend and mom have told im just worrying too much but i wanted to know if anyone else had any opinions.
Thank you so much!
Also im pretty OCD about things and am stressed quite often. If this matters lol

My mom recently got through thyroid cancer, and contrary to popular assumption, actually gained quite a bit of weight. Having always been active, this is hurting her lifestyle now that she’s done with chemo and getting back into the swing of things. She’s gone through cancer once (colon) and was able to bounce back into her normal lifestyle pretty fast, so the key problem she’s facing is the weight gain (other problems being controlled with medication). It just puts too much stress on her joints.

Her doctor gave her the okay to go on an 800 calorie (mostly) liquid diet. He explained to her that it would throw her into a state of Ketosis, where the fat would be burned instead of the glucose. However, keeping in mind that she has always been active (although always maybe 5 -10 pounds overweight), he’s saying that he doesnt want her to exercise. Not because she cant. Not because she would hurt herself. But because he doesnt want her to build muscle while she’s losing.

Does that make any sense? Because it doesnt to me. My mom isn’t trying to lose weight for vanity. She doesnt care what the number on the scale says. She wants to be healthy, and I’m concerned the doctor is only worried about getting her the scale number down.

Can anyone explain this train of thinking? I’m not being confrontational, I just legitimately dont understand.

i know its probably not common, but my mom only weighs like 85 lbs so maybe i just get a really small thin frame from her or could i have internal problems? i workout and have lots of energy and feel great. i even have some pretty nice overall muscle definition and large bicepts, i dont quite have a 6pack yet but im getting there. i dont get how i can weigh so little, especially having muscle too, i thought muscle was heavy.

oh, and i know ill probably get 10 answers saying go see a doctor, i did and he saw me for about 5 seconds and said i was fine. doctors are a waste of time. i want some second opinions on here. thanks alot

i recall reading that eating lots of meat and processed food can make your organs work harder, enlarging them and making them weigh more, and eating a typical american diet can really clog you up with an extra 30-40 lbs lining your intestines.

i only eat clean healthy food i grow in my garden so maybe this has something to do with it?

My Mom has colon cancer in 2004, surgery, told everything good. Cancer reappeared 2006, more surgery and did some kind of pill form of chemo that she took at home. That seem to go well. Then about a year ago she was told that she had a bone marrow disorder (mylordesplysia (spelling) where her bone marrow had pretty much stop producing. She has shots to help increase her red and while blood cell counts and has had a few blood transfusion. In March she had two tumors that actually burst through her skin. Malignant. PET scan done, shows cancer in colon, upper part of right lung and under chest wall on left side Is told that chemo not a treatment option due to her already low immune system, but they do radiation on the tumors. 17 Treatments. Now a lump has shown up on her neck neck, and a new MRI shows that the cancer has gone to her pelvic area and at least into the bones and soft tissues of her left leg. The will do ten treatments of radiation to try to help with pain in legs, as she is barely able to move. They say palliative care is all they can provide, what they are not telling us is how long they thing she can live with all this disease. I know it’s an unknown, but would like thoughts and or opinions on what others think. Thanks for your replies. I am currently provided care for her. Thinking about looking into hospice so that I can get some help, but is it too early for that?

Every couple of months, I feel this extremely sharp pain in my rectum and when you push on my lower abdomen, it gets worse. It is unbearable and no position will alleviate it so I just lay on the floor and cry. It happened again yesterday and soon after I had a bowel movement. it was so bad that my mom almost rushed me to the hospital. I’m 17, a girl and have had chronic prolapsed hemorrhoids for 2 years now. My mom thinks it could be IBS but has this every happened to anyone else and if so what is it or what could it be?

Since last week, I’ve been feeling abdominal pain for almost everyday which is worrying me. Not only that, but I also have constipation. I’ve been losing my appetite now because I always feel so full and gassy. Do you think i have Irritable bowel syndrome? Should I tell my mom or is it simple enough that I deal with it on my own?

My mom (who just turned 57 on Wednesday) was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer (spreading to her liver) on Friday. I’m taking her for her colonoscopy tomorrow.

We are ready for a fight and are ready to win. Any advice anyone can give on diet, supplements or anything that helped you win your fight is most appreciated.

PLEASE…helpful/positive comments or advice only. I’ve spent the last 3 days reseraching every website there is, so your personal, helpful experiences are really all I’m looking for.

Thank you so much. I appreciate your time, and wish everyone luck in their future health.

My mom (who just turned 57 on Wednesday) was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer (spreading to her liver) on Friday. I’m taking her for her colonoscopy tomorrow.

We are ready for a fight and are ready to win. Any advice anyone can give on diet, supplements or anything that helped you win your fight is most appreciated.

PLEASE…helpful/positive comments or advice only. I’ve spent the last 3 days reseraching every website there is, so your personal, helpful experiences are really all I’m looking for.

Thank you so much. I appreciate your time, and wish everyone luck in their future health.

She is 79 yrs old. After surgery they did not remove the large mass on her sigmoid colon because it was to vascular to remove and she would more than likely bleed to death if they tried. It will be one week since her surgery and she is still very very weak, gets out of breath with us daughters helping her to bathroom. Even when they gave her a portable pottychair to use she gets severely cold and clammy, extramely nausous, shivers, very rapid heartbeat, and has a hard time taking a breath. When she tries to speak to us during these attacks of her sitting up moving around, she is so winded and it takes so much just to finish a single sentence. Mom is very anemic and her heme count dropped to a 7.2 she will not accept any blood transfusuions due to her beliefs religious wise and the past few days docs given her iron pills and that has raised her count to a 9.4 but its still low…. Her tummy is still so very bloated and her urin output is not that much even though they are pumping her with several IV fluid bags. Could it be the cancer is just wiping her out she is not on any chemo yet. We are trying to figure out WHY she is so winded, weak and slightly feverish at times … clammy, chills… Could it be her heart they have not noticed yet?.. OR is this a common reaction after this type of surgery? We are aware that the Doctors told us without the surgery, she probly wouldnt have lived more than 2 weeks. But since she had the surgery, it may extend her time who knows.. is this symptoms of the end her weakness?? They placed her on a clear diet but she does not eat any of that.. no broth jello or anything but a sip of water or two thats it. she has been without food for 14 days now… but what can we do or possibly suggest to the doctors do to help her in this situation? Cancer has masestize to her liver and lungs i forgot to mention above. Anyone who has had a loved one with the same symptoms that she is going through please let me know how I can help her, what can we do, and how much longer did they live after going through these symptoms after surgery? I want to keep her as long as possible but I need to make her as comfy as possible. I wonder why her tummy is swelling up again??? Anybody with ideas or experience I apreciate your help. God Bless

So at 9am this morning i noticed my pregnant cat was meowing alot and looking restless. I thought it may be labour starting. At 11am i noticed what must have been her waters bulging. Put her in her birthing box and at 12.40pm she gave birth to her first kitten. (so cute!)
She did everything she was supposed to do, cleaning kitten, eating the after birth and resting while the kitten feeds. At 15.15 pm she had her second kitten. This kitten was born dead, very tiny and its intestines on the outside. Why was it like this? As it was developed in every other way.

Its now 17.50 pm and mom has had something to eat and is resting/sleeping while the first kitten drinks. Mom has not stoped purring through the whole process!!

How will i know if there is any other kittens to come?? And what is the likely hood that these will be dead/deformed too??
Isn’t it taking mom a bit long to have each kitten?
I always thought they had them in one go??

Should i call a vet or does it sound like mom is doing okay?
EDT – I believe there is still another kitten in her stomach, i just felt her belly and felt a lump??

She isn’t contracting anymore. Just purring and looks tired. She seems to be looking after the first kitten well. I just hope if there is anymore they aren’t dead

Will ring vets now

I was reading recently that insurance companies are now using family history to calculate rates and even deny coverage where they can perceive a loss or bad investment. I believe most corporate employees are protected from such scrutiny and must be allowed to join group policies except where pre-existing conditions allow the insurance company to opt out. But, self-employed or employees of say a small private school may not he able to obtain reasonably priced coverage because their Mom’s dad had a heart attack, colon cancer, etc…

I’m 16 years old and I weigh over 225 lbs. I’m 5"3 and I’m wondering if there is something like under aged liposuction or something I can do. I cannot diet because diets require running and exercise and I have a bad tailbone so I cannot do anything that requires movement below the hips faster than a walk. Sitting down even hurts so I need a different way. I know that under aged lipo is dangerous, but I’ve gone so far over my weight that I can’t bare to see myself anymore. I am dangerously overweight and getting worse. I eat a very balanced diet that my mom makes sure I stick with. I have been on other weight loss things from Jenny Craig’s, Health watchers, Acai Berry, Colon Cleanser, Nutri System, Some older pills I can’t remember, actually I’ve tried almost every kind of pill for weight loss, I even tried drinking lots of water, and nothing. Everything I do increases weight. It’s slightly hereditary and I do undergo a lot of stress, but it’s getting out of control. I wont do gastric bypass EVER! That is even more dangerous I think. What can I do? I need to lose the weight before I get too high. I gain more and more each week and I don’t change anything I do. I eat under 1400 calories and I am always up and walking daily because of school. I can”t even fit in any of my clothes anymore which are extra larges. And I have to wear huge sweat pants since I can’t fit in ANY jeans anymore…

Can I have lipo?
Can I have that different kind of lipo thats gentle?
Is there a diet pill that WILL work that isn’t too pricey?

I want to lose weight within a year, I want to be down to the size I’m suppose to be at. I should wight around 130-140lbs. What can I do? I can’t decrease my food intake either, my doctor says its unhealthy. (I don’t really eat fatty foods and junk except 2 times a day and they are usually under 200 calories and low on fat.)
I CANNOT EXERCISE I HAVE A BAD TAILBONE I BROKE IT JUST READ THE STUPID INFORMATION!!! JESUS!

My mom has had this problem for almost a month, and she is very hard headed. Refuses to seek help. Rectal bleeding that comes and goes, and when it comes it’s more than the previous one. Numerous canker sores at once at her gum, tongue, soft palate, and inner cheek and lip all at once. She’s been tired, also from refusing to eat due to the pain. She doesn’t feel well overall. Anyone ever had such an experience? What happened? What caused it?

I’m looking for a way to cleanse and detox, preferably the natural way. I cannot afford a detox kit at this time but if I need to get one, I hopefully can next week.

I’m very clogged up, I havent been able to get regular after an antibiotic in December and now its left me uncomfortably bloated. I had an ultrasound done inside the girly parts but it was discovered my discomfort source is a full colon.

I just downed some apple cider vinegar, but I don’t really know anyone that has been effective for (only my mom has tried it and she wont stick with it) but I am willing to try it as its all I have. I’ve got some Celestial Seasonings Tummy Mint tea, and I think some Pukka(?) tea meant for detoxing and cleansing that I will try (I was looking for tea with fennel and found these, I’ve also got 2 packets of a different tea with fennel I’m going to try later today). If someone has any experience with these teas or another for cleansing, let me know.

I had violent pain the one time I used a laxative so I’m not very keen on trying that again, so any suggestions for good natural/organic products would be helpful, thanks.

so im on my second day of the lemonade diet and apparently i’ve lost ten pounds already? i had my mom step on the scale to make sure the scale was right because she knows exactly what her weight was and the scale was right.
but i didnt exactly go on the diet to lose weight, really just to clean out all the toxins in my body and colon but lost ten pounds..in two days. not normal… i mean i know its not a big deal because its probably all water weight and will come right back but water weight is never that much weight and i read about how people usually lose 20 pounds max on the 10 day diet. but i wanted to go on it for exactly 2 weeks but if i already lost this much, will i lose a lot more staying on it for that long… now i dont know if i should stay on it for that long.
any suggestions?

My parents have been gone since Friday. I’m 15, and my siblings are 10 and 11.My grandparents have been staying with me and my siblings but not everything gets done. for example they aren’t good at doing dishes, keeping the house clean, or putting food away. On Friday I volunteered for a 4-H thing, then went with my grandma to run errands. I went to bed early because on Saturday morning I had to be up at 4:30am to go to work. After work (I get off at 1pm) I came home, helped with lunch, chilled, then helped with dinner. I promised mom that I would get lots of homework done (I do online school and am a little behind right now) before she got home mid afternoon on Sunday. however, my little sister had to sing in church this morning at 8:00am (early service) so that’s the only service we could go to. At 10pm….everyone had just gone to bed, the house was a mess, the sink piled with plates, pizza pans unclean laying on the counter, dishwasher was full of dishes to be unloaded. i still hadn’t done any homework since Thursday. My intestines were in a knot so I couldn’t sleep anyway. Soo even though I knew it would make it impossible to get up for church in the morning, I cleaned the house, did the dishes, and did TONS of homework. Not only am I no longer behind in this class, but I’m actually ahead of pace now! I was going to a friends house with my dogs to practice some agility yesterday but she wasn’t going to be home so we switched our time to 5pm today. However, after mom heard that I didn’t go to church she told me to cancel it. I live 30 minutes from this friend and rarely see her but I cancelled it like she said. Now I feel kinda bad….as if maybe she would prefer I would have gone to church instead of cleaning and doing homework? Was it a bad idea to stay up until 4am trying to make my mom proud only to just piss her off more? =[

2 days ago I had a really bad pain above my pubic area. Very sharp pains I have never felt before. I panicked a little making my blood pressure rise and heart rate. I went to the ER but as soon as I got there pain subsided. A chest X ray and stomach to Lower waist X-ray was done. Doctor tells me I am backed up. I felt embarrassed because I didn’t realized the pain was due to that. I was given a prescription magnesium citrate but pharmacy was closed so I bought over the counter Milk of magnesia. I took 4 teaspoons about 2 hours ago and still nothing. The top of my stomach looks bloated but not hard to touch. I have been eating like normal breakfast and dinner. I am worried because I don’t keep track of when I go. I don’t even have the urge to go either, now I am also worried if I eat the more bowels will be backed up. I 42 years old and have never cleansed my system or taken magnesium citrate. I know it’s important to go after every meal but my system is usually 2-3 days. Any advice is helpful since I am so worried. Thanks
I hear noises in my stomach it’s crazy and the thought of colon cancer just gave me a wake up call. My mom used to always tell me to cleanse my system once in a while but never did. I remember having the urge to go at one point before the sharp pain came but the urge just went away. Thanks for the comments very helpful and definitely getting the magnesium citrate.

I was cleaning a whole chicken that I bought and with the giblets and neck came a worm-looking thing. My mom says it is just the intestine of the chicken, but are chicken intestines segmented-looking? It seemed to have lateral lines all around the "intestine," which made me think it was a worm. Anyways, is it safe to eat the chicken? I baked the chicken in the oven for almost 2 hours at 350 degrees, with the chicken’s internal temperature reading of over 180 degrees Farenheit after cooking. If the chicken was diseased in some way, would the overbearing heat cause all bacteria to die?

I’ve been seeing it advertised as a dual diet kinda thing where you have the combination of the acai pill and the colon cleanser. Because the pills are so expense I think next month I’m going to get the liquid form at GNC. It’s cheaper and you get more mg of the acai berry.

I was wondering if I took the acai alone if it will cause me to get constipated. I already have problems in that department. Protein shakes kinda make me constipated so I’m worried about taking the acai alone by itself.

also please see my diet video log – www.youtube.com/gummibear6756
Also I just wanted to add, I am eating healthy now. I eat whole wheat breads and pastas, salad, chicken etc.. veggies (not big on fruit).

I’m also working out 3 days a week.

I know I look like a lard arse on the video but actually at this time last year I was 190..so I’m down to 169 now..was down to 158 until halloween all the way through christmas. All that eating, oh my gosh. So now I’m just trying to get back on track. Most of the weight I lost from eating healthy and working out which I’m continuing to do, but wanted to take the acai not only to lose it faster, but for the health benefits. Heart disease runs in my family. My mom died at 38 of a massive heart attack and my cholesterol is a little high. I read acai helps with that, sounds like a wonderful healthy supplement if not just for the health benefits.

My Mom’s doctor has prescribed Capecite as a chemotheraphy drug after her clostomy LAR surgery. Is this the best option for curative intentions? Is there any other better, more advanced tablet which could be taken?
I do trust my mom’s doctor….just looking out for her best…still cant believe she’s got cancer!

Okay so i’m 19, and ever since i can remember my stools have been what is referred to as "pellet stools" which i thought was normal till i started reading up on it. I’ve heard that pellet stools are a sign of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. About 2 years ago after i went to the bathroom i noticed the water was bloody. I showed my mom and she asked if i had hemorrhoids and i said idk but i noticed after i changed my diet that never happened again. Sometimes i feel bloated and feel like there is a lot of gas in my stomach which read is both a symptom of colon cancer and IBS. Other then that i have no symptoms.

I’m just really scared and after i read up on these things i started think i had colon cancer because i tend to be a hypochondriac. I’m a healthy weight and have been eating and exercising a lot more the older i get.
My boyfriend and mom have told im just worrying too much but i wanted to know if anyone else had any opinions.
Thank you so much!

Also im pretty OCD about things and am stressed quite often. If this matters lol

I have went through a colonoscopy an was told i have scar tissue from other surgeries I had years ago an this is what was causing me to have trouble an pain in my left side,I also have one aretery vein malformation so the doctor put me on some medicine called glycolax which is not working to good at all, I haven’t been back to doctor since I haven’t had luck with the med ,but I was wondering if there is a way doctors can remove scar tissue in this area without a colon resection? For as the AVM I was told this is just something I inheretied because my mom does have it an I was wondering if this would cause problems having surgerie to remove scar tissue?After the colon scope the doctor ask my mother if I had a surgeon an she said no an then when I talked to him he said well lets try a low residue diet an this medicine glycolax an keep him informed on how it does,and he said no doctor no surgeon in his town would want to touch it so now I’m confused !

I’m 18 and in college which is stressful on it’s own. Now, we just discovered my mom has stage IV colon cancer & it’s terminal. She just had surgery to remove bits of her colon, but the cancer in her liver isn’t curable. She’s really depressed and has high anxiety. She’s only 49 too. I’m so stressed and it’s affecting my health and schoolwork and everything. Any advice? I feel like my world is falling apart.

Both of my grandfathers had colon cancer; one died from it and one would have if his respiratory issues didn’t take over first. My mom, age 50, jus went for her check up and had polyps removed.

My question is should i be checked out? I do have intermittent periods of loose stools and constipation however i eat a very crappy diet and I’ve always accounted it to that. Advice?

I have tinea versicolor, which is basically a noncontagious fungal rash that appears on the skin. My mom keeps blaming it on all the "toxins" in my body and says I need to "take a cleaning out". She advises me to use Milk of Magnesium to encourage bowel movements every once in a while.

When I tell her that I don’t believe what I’m eating has anything to do with my condition seeing as it is external, and fungal, she gets annoyed at me. I’ve been trying to get her to take me to a dermatologist, but she refuses and keeps saying that all they’ll do is give me something to rub on my skin (which, in my point of view, is EXACTLY what I need, pharmaceutical strength anti-fungal lotion which I cannot get OTC).

She’s also blamed the boils I get on my skin on the "toxins" in my body from "build-up" of the food I eat. I know for a fact that boils are caused by toxins, but I’m pretty sure its from VIRAL or BACTERIAL infections which call for antibiotics to cure, not flushing my intestines.

Who here is right?

By the way, she found some doctor that is backing her up, but the doctor sounds like a quack to me. She says the cause of my skin condition is from me eating too much meat (which I actually eat very little of) and that I need to, again, "take a cleaning out" to fix. The only thing she said that made sense to me was for me to use a special plant oil on my skin (which I know has antifungal properties). Thoughts?