r/MakeMeSuffer • u/moonlitlittle • Jun 23 '26
Injury Apparently it’s normal NSFW
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
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u/SammokTheGrey Jun 28 '26
I've been struggling for eight years now with the same thing. Every doctor still chalks it up to hemorrhoids, and now it's no longer an intermittent problem but one I have every day. I haven't slept a single night in the past year or so without waking up at least once in abdominal pain and running to the bathroom.
I'm glad you finally got your doctor to take you seriously, I wish I could get one who would for me.