Symptoms of Colon Cancer? Posted: 05-29-06 13:59pm
I noticed these symptoms 6 days ago. On
the first day, I woke up during my sleep
early in the morning because my stomach
was bloated with air and caused sharp
pains. I don't recall releasing any
bowels that day. The next morning, I woke
up extremely tired, my bones ached, I
experienced some dull pains in my lower
back, and had a bowel movement in the
morning; my stools were softer than usual
and were greenish/light brownish. My
stomach felt a little bloated with air for
the rest of the day. I also kept feeling
the need to defecate, even though I
couldn't- may be constipated? For the
following days, up until today, I have
been feeling bloated with air most of the
time. It's also really difficult for me
to release my bowels; it takes me a long
time. My stools seem to have changed
shape, they are not smaller and thinner,
lightish green, and I can't tell if
there's blood or not in them, but I did
see a slightly pinkish streak on one of
them. 2 days ago, my stools had black
dots on them, I couldn't tell if those
were blood either, and 4-5 days ago, my
stools were like pebbles, but dark.
Whenever I lie down right before I go to
sleep, I seem to experience some dull
pains in my lower back, near the rearside
of my ribcage. Yesterday, i've found that
i've been urinating more frequently, but
with less volume. I seem to not be able
to hold a lot of urine in my system
anymore. This morning, I had to urinate a
second time, a few minutes right after I
urinated for the first time. It also took
me a few seconds to even begin to urinate.
What is going on? I'm wondering if i've
had colon cancer for awhile now and that
it has spread to my other organs. I'm
only 20! I plan to call a doctor
tomorrow, but I don't know what to
schedule for my appointment. Would a
general physical checkup be appropriate?
