Hello, My name is Poppy I'm 28 years old and I have several symptoms that are leaving me sick with fear - please can someone help me?

Here are my symptoms:

1) I have gas and bloating (all the time, not just after meals). I also sometimes get pain, but not always... it's sometimes a crampy pain, other times it's sharp. It's sometimes relieved with a bowel movement, sometimes it's not!

2) I have had problems with my bowels on and off for the last 18 months, most of the time I'm constipated, but sometimes have diarrhea, I eat a high fiber diet and drink plenty of fluids... but still my bowel movements are very erratic. I can sometimes go days (4-7) without moving my bowels. No bleeding, that I'm aware of, but my stools are sometimes mis-shaped. I also have some mucus (but not always and only a little bit). On occasion I'm left with the sensation that I've not completely emptied my bowel, it's a horrid sensation and nothing I do gets rid of it, sometimes for hours at a time.

3) I feel nauseated quite often and for no apparent reason (not associated with food).

4) I have pain in my rectum (this is new, about 7 days I've had this) I also have a 'numb' sensation down there - very weird feeling (much like when you go to sleep on your arm and it goes all numb).

5) I've lost 1 stone in weight over the past 8 weeks - for no reason. No diet or exercise change (could be stress?). I am 5ft 8" and now weigh 9 stone

6) I am exceptionally fatigued, I can just about manage one trip round my garden before I start to feel weak and exhausted. (I do not suffer from depression).

Other things that may be relevant: I have recently been diagnosed with CFS (but now I'm scared that it's a mis-diagnosis). I have no history of colon cancer in my family.

Do you think I may have cancer? My husband and I are trying for our first child and now we're petrified that I have a life threatening illness... I'm too scared to go to my GP, please help me

Thanks so much,

Poppy

(sorry it's so long!!!)