I'm a 38 year old male, farily active and healthy.
About 5-6 years back I began to develop unusual toilet habits, (unable to completely evacuate, softer stools, bloating, undigested food in stool/fast transit, and blood on tissue after wiping). They didn't appear all at once - it's been a gradual transition over the years.
I've had a conlonoscopy (about 4-5 years ago that found non-cancerous polyps that were removed anyway), a flexiable sigmoidoscopy and a hemmorhoidactomy. I also had some prolapsing tissue removed a couple of months ago (that was misdiagnosed as a hemmorhoid and coninuted to 'fall out' of my back package). My bum has been poked and proded by doctors fingers and instruments more times then I'd like to think about. About 9-12 months ago the Doctor told me 'it must be IBS'. I've had bloods taken and a few other things, too.
Some of the symptoms come and go depending on what I eat, but no matter what I cannot stop 2 symptoms:
1.Bleeding on toilet paper after I wipe. The blood isn't there straight away - but after around 7-8 wipes it's like something opens and all of a sudden blood appears on the paper. 99% of the time it's not too much. It's always bright red. I admit that I clean my bum thoroughly and am a bit obessed with it. I've had prolapsing piles in the past that have made it difficult to keep clean, so I am in a bit of a habit to ensure it's spotless down there. This has been going on for years now.
- Incomplete evacuation. The majority of the time, I'll go in the morning and it feels as though there's more to come out. I'll continue with my day and an hour-2 hours later I'll 'finish' my poop off. This has occurred over the last 2-3 years.
I'll most probably go back to see my GP, but I get the impression I'm annoying them with my frequent visits about my rear end and my toilet habits. I've had at least two GP's tell me words to the affect of 'from what I can see, there is no need for any further tests to be done'.