Hi kk1287.
It sounds like you really need to see a GI doctor. I am 54 and found out I had colon cancer back in July 2005. Like you, I had bleeding in my stools, but figured it was hemorrhoids Wrong! The GI doctor did a colonoscopy and found out that I had colon cancer. I had about a foot of my colon taken out and then chemotherapy. Then in December 2006 they found a tumor in my liver which means that the cancer had metastied. It was taken out - with clean margin.
These cancer terms are not ones you want to be come familiar with out of necessity.
Get checked out for piece of mind.
God Bless You kk - You have a wonderful full life ahead of you.
mandy