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Colonoscopy June 2024 - No polyps...but

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I first noticed blood in the toilet December 2023.

I had my colonoscopy done June 2024, cleanest colon he's ever seen he said LOL. Yay for that!

It's now August 2024, and for the last 2-3 weeks, I have had bright red blood in the toilet again, only in the morning, which is also the only time I "go".

I was diagnosed with internal hemorrhoids, but can they make the toilet look like a mu*rder scene DAILY? I don't have constipation, so I'm not having to "push" anything out, so what gives?

I want to add that I am sugar-free, low carb, and anything sweet I eat is fake sugar, which can definitely be a culprit in the ease of me going every morning. If you know, you know.

I had also started taking a new digestive aid / enzymes, and I stopped those to see if maybe that was contributing to this, but I'm guessing not since I am still bleeding.

I have a tele-call with the Dr. that did my colonoscopy to ask him these same questions, but wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I went through Colonoscopy Assist (best thing ever for uninsured) so he's not "my" Dr., but I am super thankful he is willing to do a video call with me, and I'm hoping to get some answers.

If I look at the big picture, I have been bleeding since December 2023, off and on, but more recently it's been more on.

Feel fine health wise, but I *understandably* now have bathroom anxiety, and I know that doesn't help. I just "mind over matter" my days to get through them.

I guess I'm just wondering if it's possible that the sugar free crap I eat is the culprit, or if the Benadryl I take every night to help me sleep is causing this.

Anyone ever have a clear colonoscopy and then continued to bleed a mu*rder scene, and what was your outcome? I don't drink (QUIT July 2022 🎉), I don't take NSAID's or aspirin, I do vape and I am addicted to iced coffee.

Maybe it's my stomach. Maybe I need an endoscopy.

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51 / Female / USA

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Hopefully your doctor will be able to help. I had colonoscopy and gastroscopy and small bowel capsule endoscopy. I have diverticulitis and gastritis and inflamed parts of the intestines, which maybe autoimmune related. Yes i still see blood and im also iron deficient and need iron tablets. None of the above really fully explains the red blood but maybe the diverticulitis in part. So im stuck with no further work up and I worry that the gastroenterologist missed something. This seems unlikely im told if the prep was good. At least your colonoscopy was good. Best wishes for your health.

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Dmarie123 in reply to BowelMan

I appreciate your response! I really hope he can too, because this makes no sense to me. How did you discover you were iron deficient, and was / is that due to losing so much blood every time you "go"?

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BowelMan in reply to Dmarie123

No . It was by chance because I was getting heart pain and palpitations and then they checked ferretin which was just 16. Blood loss may play a part in my case I think, but there maybe other things going on.

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Dmarie123 in reply to BowelMan

Oh my goodness! I am losing *seemingly* a lot of blood every, single, morning but I know it doesn't take much to make it look really bad. To be honest, I don't even know if it's "in" my stool, or just coming out my backend in general. Ugh, so tired of this. I was walking on Cloud 9 with my colonoscopy results, and now feeling really scared. I'm going to see if he will order labs for me, I need to start somewhere.

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Good luck.

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