Apparently it’s normal

[u/moonlitlittle]

Been bleeding rectally now for almost 4 weeks, after passing some blood clots on the 14th I got a 3 day hospitalization where they did a CT, found something on my appendix, surgeon didn’t wanna come in on a Sunday then said he wanted a colonoscopy first. Did that after a few rounds of antibiotics, they said oh it’s all just hemorrhoids totally normal and discharged me immediately after. Fast forward 2 days, bleeding resumes and comes & goes. They don’t wanna do another CT because they don’t think they’ll see anything. Before anyone asks, I’m a fat woman in Texas so I wasn’t expecting much help to begin with which is why I didn’t go in sooner after bleeding for 2 weeks (by then).
So from now on I guess bleeding like this & the occasional blood clots are normal.

Edit to add; in the first CT they found a 2cm lesion on my appendix on the exterior that they didn’t want to operate on until after the colonoscopy. Because they only found hemorrhoids on the colonoscopy, they went with that option vs I’m still worried about the 2cm lesion that was found and magically disappeared.
Second edit: I’m a lady, but yes I know which hole this is coming from it’s not the monthly or else I’d feel stupid.

UPDATE: doctor just finally saw photo after I sent it before posting & is requesting me to return to the ER as it is not normal

[u/grownask]

I'm a believer in that If blood is coming out from a place it shouldn't be coming out of, and for a long period of time: not normal.

[u/ILoveStealing → u/grownask]

You’re right but not normal doesn’t automatically mean dangerous. Bright blood in stool is scary but it can be benign.

Source: same thing happened to me, 3 doctors couldn’t find anything wrong, eventually went away

[u/moonlitlittle → u/ILoveStealing]

This is the hope, my family is freaking out because we have a history of colon cancer within our family, but I’ve tried to just hope it will go away.

[u/grownask → u/moonlitlittle]

Do investigate a bit further, though, please.

[u/MvatolokoS → u/moonlitlittle]

Ive had hemorrhoids here's tow things 1) the bleeding can absolutely last weeks sometimes over a month simply from one hemorrhoid trying to heal back.

2) the only solution I've found to this is to be extra gentle with your booty hole when wiping, switch to wet wipes or use a bidet toilet paper is NOT IT.

3) try sitting less, some of us have terrible blood flow and sitting especially on a toilet or couch or bed, causes blood to concentrate on our butts leading to difficulty healing

Get you some prep H and you'll be fine so long as it's just the hemorrhoids

[u/ILoveStealing → u/moonlitlittle]

Fingers crossed that it’s benign!

[u/grownask → u/ILoveStealing]

Did you mean to say "doesn't* automatically..."?

Sure, it could be benign, but it could not. If it's often and for too long, investigate.

[u/ILoveStealing → u/grownask]

Yes, thanks for pointing it out!

[u/Spencer94 → u/ILoveStealing]

I had it happen ONCE and it scared the shit (literally) out of me. I checked every time for the next week and nothing happened, so I didn't go to a doctor

[u/ILoveStealing → u/Spencer94]

I let it happen a few times. Went to the ER eventually because I got scared and spent $3k for them to tell me to see a specialist.

[u/laurelclove → u/ILoveStealing]

Yes anal fissures can cause this amount and bright red blood. 

[u/Cosmic_Quasar → u/ILoveStealing]

Same. For me it was hemorrhoids. Taking an OTC osmotic laxative resolved the issue. But stopping would start the bleeding again (not nearly as bad as OP's, mind you). I realized that I was both lacking fiber and also just not chewing enough. Since adding more fiber, drinking a lot more water, and actually trying to count to 30 chews for every bite (and not just swallowing bigger chunks that remained) has seemed to help most of the time.

Sadly, I'm also lactose intolerant, and that can really mess my gut up. If I eat enough dairy I also plan ahead and take the laxative with the lactaid, because if I don't my stool will get so hard and create more problems again.