My Symptoms of Cancer, Plz See a Dr If U Have Any of These Posted: 03-18-04 16:26pm
In april of 2003, I had severe stomach
pains, I couldnt get off the commode as I
thought the position relieved some of the
pain, I had some solid stool, loose
stool, with a small amt of bright red
bleeding. It lasted for about 3 hrs. I
screamed the whole time and even pulled
out my hair, it was worse than labor. I
would burn up, then freeze, every couple
of min. During this time.
After this I noticed occasionally my stool
had a (cancer odor), I knew this smell
because I am a nurse. Another thing was
at times my stool had mucous and floated
rather than sank, sounds gross I know.
But all symptoms.
I was also having bouts of sudden extreme
exhaustion at least once a week. I could
barely get up,
it would be may before it happened again.
I was laying in bed, and felt like I had a
bubble of air in my spine, and I thought
oh no!! I think this happened last month,
and sure enought the next day it happened
again, reg stols, followed by diarreaha,
and red blood, and severe pain for a few
hrs.
My exhaustion continued more frequently,
everyone thought I was depressed due to
several things we were dealing with...
This happened about 5 times until sept.
No one was ever home when I had it so they
couldnt concieve of how much pain I had.
And I did go to a Dr., who said the blood
was hemmorhoids, and my stomach was
anxiety.
So I felt like a fool. Poor and no
insurance, I felt like I was taking food
from the kids by going to a Dr. Again
on sept, the 19th, it started again, but
it didn't go away, and my hubby came home
and saw me, he begged me to let him take
me to the hosp. I kept saying, no!!, you
don't understand I can't move.!! I would
not get off the commode. After about 9
hrs. He took me in, I was weak and
hurting but not as bad. The dr at the
urgent care listened to me when I
explained how bad the pain had been. He
said no one shoulld be having that much
pain, and did a rectal exam, which he
found blood. He called the hosp. Nearby
and talked with them.They admitted me from
the urgent care to a local hosp for
internal bleeding. I was lucky. I have
no ins., so this Dr. Admitted me by
phone call which would force them to care
for me.
The 2nd day I was going outside to smoke,
and feeling more like myself. I heard a
nurse say to another there was nothing
wrong with me as I had no bleeding while
there.
Thank god for blood tests, they showed a
internal bleed as my counts dropped daily.
A colonoscopy found a polyp, it was
cancer. I had surgery, they removed all
the left side of the colon, I have no
colostomy, and I am alive. The 1st stay
was 9 days, the surgery stay was 17, in
dec for the bleed was 10. I hope to never
need the hosp again!!
If you have any symptoms, do not ignore
them.
Also, no one ever had heard of the bubble
of air thing, I still have it
occasionally, and soon will come blood and
a small amt of pain still. I can't have
another colonscopy until may, due to the
astomosis site healing. I have been in
the hosp once for internal bleed 2 mo.
Ago. It is a slow bleed. In may I should
find out where,
remember me in your prayers. I have 6
kids...5 living, and I want to be a
grandma!! And I want to grow old with my
hubby!!
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ROWDYRHODES5
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Sounds Like Me, Just Not As Bad, Yet? Posted: 03-25-04 13:39pm
I will be 33 years old this may. My
family background is cancer, cancer,
pancreas,liver, colon,brain,ovarian you
name it, I could probably say yes to it!
About 5 years ago, I went through a period
of about 2 years of gallbladder attacks.
They ran every kind of big test they knew
to here. Finally, with an ultrasound
they found a gallstone and my gallbladder
was swelling so they took it out. After
2 years of extreme pain and diarreah
almost constant. They could come up with
nothing else and named it irritable bowel
syndrome. I went along with it, and as
they would say emotional stress would
trigger and keep the symptoms going. So
I carried my third and last child (3
c-sections total) with a very hard
pregnancy and in bed for 6 months because
I just continued to dehydrate so very
easily. For another year and a half or
so of these symptoms that would come and
go and growing worse in pain and
extremity. I even had kidney stones,
probably due to
dehydration!Dehydration,little to no
nutrition, pain, abdominal swelling, and
sometimes rectal bleeding,[not bad
though], hot/cold bouts while on the pot
to have diarreah, shakiness [probably from
not eating right] and now vomitting as
well, and periods of weakness getting
worse that I could barely rise from the
bed afterwards. I went back this time to
another doctor whom decided to again
prediagnose me with ibs and tried putting
me on elavil which I had again explained
to them that I had harsh reactions to this
medicine. Fits,meanness the whole nine
yards. And with 3 very young kids, it is
just not right to feel like you are going
to fall every step you take while you are
trying to carry one of them on your hip
some of the time. They recently ran a
catscan, which the Dr. Said he knew
would come up normal. The results showed
my colon was swelling or something. They
really didn't go into detail. And they
are going to run a blood test and
colonscope and upper gi on april fool's
day. And they seem so uninterested that
I am in harsh pain everyday, vomitting
daily, and having diarreah everytime I eat
or drink!That big bubble feeling you talk
of is like a ballon of air being forced
yet not popping under water. At least
that is what I am experiencing,only not
just on the left side below the ribcage
but also extends to the right side. And
these attacks with the bowel movements you
talk of I have sat and bit my 6 year old's
barbie doll legs to nothing because of the
extreme pains. They come and go and are
worsening. And everytime they hit I
become fatally limp and weak for at least
of couple of days in bed! And I have
nothing but diarreah as you have
described, the only thing I have not
noticed was blood in the stool itself. I
have tried high fiber diets, recording the
things I eat, eating small portions at
meals and nothing has worked! They have
treate dme for acid reflux, constipation
and diarreah [ibs] and I will feel fine
for maybe 2 days and one or all of the
symptoms take place just like a cycle{at
first like a monthly cycle} slightly
changing to the worse! And I lay and
cry. And I refuse to take too much pain
meds until they diagnose what is really
wrong with me! Not that they are eager
to give me a whole lot anyway! It has
forced me to come off of work and I am now
beginning to have pain and numbness in my
feet and fingers and hands. And I hate
surprises and I do not want to be brushed
off again and ignored. I am so afraid I
will not make it through motherhood if
they do not find what is wrong and help me
at least cope with what is going on! And
I wish they would quit saying they need to
elevate my pain level where I can
withstand more pain! What has happened
to doctors listening and trusting what the
patient is saying they are experiencing
and taking it seriously? Does any of
this sound familiar? I will indeed pray
for you. I do believe god can heal us and
hold us until he is ready. But if you
don't feel any better just remember, you
have encouraged me to keep going and
believing that they have to find before it
gets uncontrllable! God bless you!
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sas
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Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 2
Smell Posted: 10-04-04 05:03am
Thank you for your courageous story...I
have a lot of admiration for you and
people like you who try to help others
with their experiences.
I have also read your story with great
interest, for since 6 weeks I have very
weird bowel problems myself. My doctor
thinks it is a minor problem and he has
done several other tests before (finally)
referring me to a gi for a colonoscopy.
I must say I am not really looking forward
to this...I am terribly worried, contrary
to my gp.
What struck me in your account was your
mention of a cancerous smell of the
stools...Could you try and describe it for
me? I have experienced a different smell
when going to the toilet for some time now
(beside many, many other things) and I was
wondering...
Well, all the very best to you, thanks
again and I will think of you.
Kindly,
sasha (amsterdam)
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snekii
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Posted: 10-06-04 07:24am
Do not be scared, I have to have one every
2 yrs, yes the prep for it is not
comfortable, so move a tv in the wc but
you would be fine,
good luck
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bluejeanangel
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Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Ohio
About Symptoms Posted: 10-11-04 00:50am
As for the odor, I cannot describe it
accept to say as a nurse I learned the
odor, and it is awful and very distinct,
and very different.
If you feel you are being bounced around ,
and are worried a state university hosp is
great to go to. I am fortunate to have
went to ohio stste univ hosp, arthur
james cancer hosp.
They will not turn you down due to
financial situation or no insurance. They
are great there. U do not have to already
have a cancer diagnosis to go to them.
Symptoms such as mentioned above are a
good reason to go to a specialist. I
would never tell a poster, that it sounds
like you are ok, because my original post
says it all, if you have any of the
symptoms, go to get checked.
I do want to say though, that cat scans
and ultra sounds I had did not show the
tumor, it was found only through
colonoscopy
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denise_lmc
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Chemotherapy Posted: 10-22-04 01:34am
Hi bluejeanangel. I am just wondering if
you went for the chemotherapy ? I heard
that chemotherapy for colon cancer patient
is the mildest of all, therefore the
side-effect wont be that bad. My mom has
undergone the operation to remove the
tumour. However, now, me and my family
is in the midst of deciding to let her go
ahead with chemotherapy or otherwise
because from what we learned, chemotherapy
will make the person weak and easily
proned to diseases.
Please advise.
Thanks.
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bluejeanangel
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Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Ohio
Posted: 01-13-05 01:44am
I am so sorry for have been gone for so
long, so much has been happening.
You cannot gage whether your mom should
have chemo from anyone elses experience.
Therefore I will not comment regarding
chemo, except to say, I believe it should
be left up to the individual to decide,
and all should be supportive of what they
decide.
I had a checkup in oct, cancer free at
that time, due for another checkup soon.
Praying all goes well. But only god
knows.
Jeannie
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ravyn142003
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Reading Posts And Concerned........ Posted: 01-13-05 06:06am
:?: i've had stomach spasms ever since my
daughter got pregnant with my grandaughter
3 years ago. I've not seen a doc for
this. My stomach jumps around like i'm
being kicked or something. It's really
strange! The past 6 months my lower back
has been hurting so bad that I can hardly
move sometimes, barely get up out of bed
and when I cough, sneeze, my back kills
me. I've had extreme pain that i've been
trying to ignore, but has been worse these
days. I've also had diarehea mostly
everyday and I am nauseuos alot. This has
disrupted my daily living extremely, but I
haven't made a doc's appointment yet.
Could just be due to stress, I don't know.
Sometimes my stool has alot of mucous,
sounds gross I know but it's true. I get
heartburn alot, which lately, the past few
weeks has been overwelming and I get no
relief from zantac like I used to. If you
have any thought of what is going on with
me, feel free to say cause at this point
i'm just so tired of feeling this way.
I've also gained 60 lbs., which half of it
i've gained in the last 5 months. Maybe
it's because of my diet and I also drank
alot, but i've stopped, not because I want
to, but because everytime I would, I would
throw up and be sick to my stomach with
acid and diarehea for 2 days. But even
when I don't drink, which I don't anymore,
I feel these things. About 3 years ago,
my doctor told me I had a "fat ball" on my
right side lower back. She just looked at
me there and told me that was what it was.
She scheduled me for some kind of x-ray
but I never went because then I was
working all the time. Have you ever heard
of such a thing?
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bluejeanangel
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Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Ohio
Posted: 01-15-05 06:50am
I have no clue what is going on in your
body, but it does seem as time goes by,
you are having more and more symptoms,
maybe its nothing, maybe its something.
Go to your Dr., write doen the list so you
dont forget to tell him/her something..
Let your Dr. Know you are uncomfortable
woth what he/she tells you, if you are not
satisfied. If you feel you cant trust the
dr you are seeiing, then find 1 that you
do.
Good luck
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ravyn142003
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Probably? Posted: 01-15-05 07:16am
Thankyou for replying to my reply! Hey
why aren't my smiley's workin? Anyways, I
know that I need to have this checked out
in more depth and I have been putting it
off for a long time thinking that maybe
it's not that serious, but yes as time has
gone by, it's getting worse. I just don't
trust any doctors at all cause from my
experience they only play the "guessing
game." I just don't know, this is so weird
to be havin all this going on with my
"bootie"...........Lol!
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bluejeanangel
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Posted: 06-08-05 23:46pm
:lol:
this is june 2005, in may, had
colonoscopy, all is still clear!!!
Jeannie
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Pammysue
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Cancer Odor Posted: 08-17-05 21:47pm
I've heard nurses talk about a cancer
odor. I was wondering what this smelled
like. My son and I can smell an odor on
certain people that others don't seem to
notice. Many of those people have turned
out to have cancer.
To us, this odor smells like an old musty,
moldy, smell. It's sometimes very strong
and almost burns your nose. Most people
think i'm nuts when I talk about that
though.
I'm not a nurse btw nor is my son. What
do you make of this?
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happyfish1
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Re: Cancer Odor Posted: 01-27-06 17:16pm
pammysue
wrote:
i've heard nurses talk about
a cancer odor. I was wondering what
this smelled like. My son and I can
smell an odor on certain people that
others don't seem to notice. Many of
those people have turned out to have
cancer.
To us, this odor smells like an old musty,
moldy, smell. It's sometimes very
strong and almost burns your nose. Most
people think i'm nuts when I talk about
that though.
I'm not a nurse btw nor is my son. What
do you make of
this?
i found this post after a google search.
For a long time, I have thought that I had
an ability to tell when a person has
cancer from a peculiar body odor. I had
many relatives who had cancer and after a
while I started to put two and two
together. I have often predicted that a
person would be diagnosed with cancer. I
never heard of other people having this,
and was wondering if I was nuts. I smell
this odor right now on my mil and was
telling my husband about it, and thought
to see if there were any other cases of
this.
Your post has confirmed my belief that
there is a certain smell--because the odor
you describe is *exactly* the one that I
smell. When you smell someone with that
odor, what do you do? Do you tell them
if they currently don't think they have
cancer?
--jodi
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Pammysue
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What to Do? Posted: 02-10-06 21:23pm
This is a delima I have had as well. I
really don't know what to do when I smell
that. I've thought about telling these
people but they really wouldn't believe
you I don't think. What do you do?
Have you told your mil? Maybe you could
print out this page and show her that
others have also picked up on this.
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mae602
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Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 02-13-06 09:15am
For a little over 2 weeks, I had diarrea
with passage of blood and mucus, along
with abdomial cramps. On top of that, I
was experiencing hip pain that I thought
was unrelated. I have a history of colon
cancer in my family so, of course, am very
parinoid. I went to my family doctor -
he put me on 2 antibiotics and scheduled a
lower gi. The lower ge came back
negative. So I was thinking that I was
good - maybe just an infection that the
antibiotics took care of. A week and a
half after the lower gi, I had more blood
in my stool and still had side pain.
Meanwhile, the physical therapist I was
seeing for my hip pain decided that it was
internal problems causing my pain, not
joints or legiments.
I called my doctor again, this time he
schedule fecal testing. I was tested for
bacteria, blood in stool, parasites and
white blood cells. They all came back
negative. Now I am scheduled for a
colonoscopy.
I still have pain in my abdomen, I still
have odd bowel movements (loose, small,
not consistent). I am crazy? I am
starting to feel like I am making
something out of nothing. I know I will
find out soon (colonoscopy is on 2/28) but
I am just looking for some support or
confirmation that I am not being a drama
queen about this. Thanks.....
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silvertigerlily
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I Am So Scared Posted: 03-12-06 05:26am
I have been having bright red blood when
having a bowel movement. I have been
going through so many other tests for
other things right now, this just adds to
the list of medical problems. I am
overwhelmed and very very scared I may
have rectal cancer. Does anyone know the
treatment of rectal cancer? I have hpv
which caused cervical cancer so I am at a
higher risk for rectal cancer. Scared to
death right now
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hardcastle
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Odor Posted: 03-14-06 18:42pm
I thought that they were training dogs to
smell cancer. Is this in use yet?
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diandra73
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 9 Location: malaysia
Early Symptom of Colon Cancer Posted: 04-04-06 02:52am
Hi eveyone
i have read from many books that
antioxidant - vit a,c,e,selenium, lipoic
acid helps in preventing and treating
cancer. I have friends who survived
breast cancer buy taking lots of
supplement. I hope this will help.
Btw may I know what is the early symptoms
of colon cancer? I believe the smell will
comes later. Is the blood within the
stool or it's a fresh blood like menses
blood? There are occassion I bleed but
it's a fresh blood.
God bless
thanks
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BobF
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Cancer Smells Posted: 05-30-06 06:03am
I came to this board by searching "cancer
smells" and this is very interesting. ( I
have developed a unique stool odor)
i had a colonoscopy and a endoscopy in may
of 2005 as a follow up to other gastro
problems and as a age-determined
precaution. The diagnosis was that I have
a hiadle hernia and barrets esophagus
(sp?) but no lower gastro/colon problems.
I had a follow-up endoscopy a fewweeks ago
--- no change in the barret's esophagus.
However, for the last 4 - 5 months I have
noticed a peculiar odor in my stool and
now it seems I can detect it at other
times on my breath. I've tried to "put a
name on it" and the closest I can come is
--- it smells similar to saurerkraut.
Other changes i've noticed are irregular
bowel movements (i was historically very
predictable in that sense) and a uneasy
feeling in my stomach that is just short
of nausea but is still very uncomfortable,
almost like i'm "going to have" nausea.
And, I have absolutely no energy most of
the time.
I am male but my mother and all 4 of her
sisters died of cancer, as did my paternal
grandmother, and my sister also had
cancer.
My medical care is through the va and that
is quite cumberson with long waiting
periods for appointments. I don't have a
family doctor.
Adding to that, I live in a remote
mountain area, about 50 miles from the
nearest clinic.
It would be pretty odd to call the va and
say -- my poop smells funny.
I have no close friends or family that I
can discuss this with but just by typing
this out makes it more evident to me that
I must do something.
I'm wondering if anyone here has had
similar symptoms --- lacking the severe
pain and blood that blueangel had.
I also wonder if it could be an odor from
medication. I take a nexium-clone that I
started about three months before noticing
the odor, and also a statin for high
cholesterol.
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