MARC

If you need money to eat, I will send you $50 through Venmo or PayPal. Just send me your address. No need to pay me back either. Just consider it a gift. I don't want to see anyone go without food.

The 5 year survival rate means who is still alive 5 years after treatment had begun for a disease such as cancer.

I get the gnawing feeling myself and I have had many tests and no serious cause has ever been found.

My GI physician has told me stomach cancer is rare and mostly seen in the elderly .

My physician told me that inflammation is of major concern in heart disease.

Sounds like a pimple to me, since it is red.

I have had an umbilical hernia for years. My belly button sticks out and you can push it in, and it is soft. When I was in the ER in June 2021 when I was dehydrated, and they took a CT scan with contrast of my abdomen and pelvis and mentioned the hernia and just said it was small and unremarkable. My GI physician told me they get worse when you are overweight and not to do anything unless they get painful or get hard. My best friend has one too.

Many years ago my wife was hospitalized for food poisoning. She became ill and was vomiting and having diarrhea. My wife became dehydrated and that is why she ended up in the ER. The ER physician told us that food poisoning typically is over quickly and onset occurs usually in 6 to 24 hours.

You can get the help. You just need to persevere.

I have been through a number of traumatic situations in my life. My mother, father and uncle all passed away in a years time. I was held up at gunpoint and was told if I moved I was dead. The gun was held at my temple. I have been through 2 head on collisions. In one of them I had a near death experience where my whole life passed before my eyes before the 50 mph impact. My friend got murdered a longtime ago and he was only married a year and had a nine month old child. His wife was never the same.

I would try to get help with food assistance from a governmental agency, a non-profit, relatives, etc.

Stress, depression and lack of food equal loss of energy.

My father's half brother passed away from pancreatic cancer at 85. A man I knew for some time who worked at a local deli passed away from pancreatic cancer at 62. My half uncle had sudden severe abdominal pain and was rushed to the ER and was diagnosed at the ER. The deli man had progressively worsening back pain and was diagnosed at the ER too. I have never heard of a young person who had this disease.

Yes, Ironman, you are correct.

My GI physician who is the chief at a large regional medical center here in Baltimore, Maryland, has told me that all persistent rectal bleeding should be brought to the attention of a physician. He said depending on your age and symptoms, a determination will be made as to what additional testing is necessary.

Welcome to the forum. Physical anxiety symptoms can last a long time, so it is important to get help, so they don't interfere with your daily living.

When I was 25, which was quite some time ago, I went to the bathroom and when I wiped, the toilet tissue was drenched in blood and the toilet bowl water was all blood red. I had an immediate meltdown and went to the ER, and they found nothing. I had a scope, and had a large hemorrhoid, which caused the bleeding. Back in 2019, I began having very painful bowel movements and had blood on the toilet tissue. This persisted for weeks, and I was sent for another scope, and they found hemorrhoids and diverticulosis. A and D ointment has helped me immensely. By the way, welcome to the forum too.

I have had floaters for many years. My Ophthalmologist told me that typically floaters are harmless, but should be investigated if they change, obstruct vision or are accompanied by other symptoms. such as loss of vision, flashing lights, etc.

Glad to hear you are good to go.

A number of years ago I was dizzy every day for 6 weeks. The room would move when I would lay down and I would get dizzy out of nowhere. I went to my ENT physician and he examined me. He told me that sometimes as we age, the crystals in our ears shift and it takes a while for our brain to catch up with this shift, so that is why I was dizzy. The dizziness eventually went away on its own.

In 2021, the American Cancer Society recommended colon cancer screenings begin at age 45, instead of age 50.

I am an expert on colonoscopy's as I have had 8 or 9 of them and they are a piece of cake.

Someone I know who is 73, was diagnosed with essential tremor. His gets worse when he is under stress. It is pretty common, with over 200,000 cases per year. It causes rhythmic shaking, primarily in the hands.

My daughter's former boyfriend got a colonoscopy for persistent diarrhea at age 29. He was all clear. As long as you have been seen by a GI physician, you should be in good shape.

I would wait, unless they bleed, have a discharge, become increasingly painful or get huge. I get some large pimples or whatever they are, and they last for a while and the last time I went to the dermatologist for something else, he looked at them and blew them off as nothing.