can tumor in rectum be felt on rectal exam?

[nieldy]

hi everyone I'm asking this for my mom, I'm very much worried, she can't have a colonoscopy yet due to the covid 19 outbreak it's unsafe to go to hospitals but last month when she went to hospital she got rectal examination and the doctor said she felt a mass (but she's unsure) that's why she got referral for colonoscopy, she was sad when she heard it.

can it be a tumor??? ㅠ.ㅠ

[leavemebreatheless]

Could easily be a polyp, they are common and usually extremely harmless. Without the scope it's hard to tell. It's easy to say but worrying won't give her answers.

I don't know anything about colon cancer but I do have a harmless rectal polyp that is in a bad spot to remove so I live with it. So I do know it's very upsetting waiting and letting your mind think of the worst.

Maybe your mum could ring and see about having a chat with the doctor, it might help to put her mind a little at ease?

[nieldy in reply to leavemebreatheless]

hi thank you for responding, we can't go yet to any hospital due to lockdown

can i ask did you had any symptoms on your rectal polyp???

[leavemebreatheless in reply to nieldy]

Just bleeding, sometimes just find blood in my underwear or when I open my bowels. It can bleed for a few days and then stops. Very occasionally it feels like I'm a little constipated. Not a lot of symptoms or problems most of the time.

[nieldy in reply to leavemebreatheless]

did you have trouble evacuating your bm? was it in thin size? what was the consistency or color of the blood in your poo? was it slimy???

sorry i have a lot of questions

[leavemebreatheless in reply to nieldy]

Forgot to say my gp is doing phone appointments, maybe you could try to arrange a phone call?

[nieldy in reply to leavemebreatheless]

we are in public hospital and i don't think they have it, as they were all busy with the virus

[FullofIt in reply to leavemebreatheless]

Hi - would you mind telling me if your rectal mass was big and if you could feel it urself? xx