Ok, here goes... I'm 20 years old

a while back i noticed, what i thought was, blood on the toilet paper.

i went in to the doctor and had a fecal occult blood test to take home which i just now submitted (oops)

since that time, i have realized that what i thought was blood may have actually been just undigested parts of tomatoes or other food. it seems whenever i eat tomatoes i dont digest parts of them, mainly the skins, but not only the skins.

Ok, now heres where my concern grows...

I have been starting to have strange bowel movements. Let me describe my situation for the past few weeks.

stool starts off somewhat normal, sometimes seemingly like a bunch of hard pieces, about the size of a quarter, combined into one bigger one. Though sometimes it just seems like a normal stool.

however, the stool soon becomes thinner and softer by the end. Sometimes the stool just comes out about the width of my thumb (thin).

usually by the end of my 'session' it becomes hard to finish. usually anything after that is mostly diarehha and thin, small, pieces of stool. sometimes it will burn as well..

one last thing, the other day i noticed mucus with the stool (and possible blood since i saw red in it)

im going crazy here...

i just called a nuse today and her and my doctor dont seem to worry about it... then again, i worry about my health all the time, i always think i have cancer somewhere ;p

Any info? Opinions? Does this sound familiar at all?

...help?

Thanks.

(my stool has actually seemed even thinner today...)

Hi~
Your symtoms sound similar to mine. I have been diagnosed with IBS, but I am thinking it is likley Ulceratve Colitis. Perhaps you could look into those conditions?
KAM