Making assumptions without examination is incredibly unprofessional and carries with it potential critical consequences.
If you have an issue and bring it to your doctor and your doctor fails to follow up with an examination and makes assumptions, it is time to find another doctor.
(It runs in the family apparently; my grandmother on my mom's side was from a large family, with seven or eight siblings. They all died of colon cancer. She got it too, but since she went to the doctor with her symptoms instead of staying at home, they were able to remove part of her colon before it got really bad and she lived for many more years.)
Moral of the story: go to the doctor if you're bleeding from unexpected places.
> Not bright red, more like muddy-red. Poopy-red.
Hemerroids are usually a very bright obviously blood-like red. I appreciate he wrote the above description with the benefit of a lot more knowledge than he had when he first saw a doctor, but they should've asked about the colour even if he didn't offer it, and that should've raised extra suspicion immediately.
This went on for about a year I believe. Things got worse and when test were done she found out she had stage 4 cancer and probably only had a few months to live.
If you have symptoms which could be cancer regardless of your age insist you have the right tests done to rule it out. Most cancer is very preventable in its early stages.
A year later, while doing a followup from my surgery, I mentioned how cavalier my GP was to the surgeon who saved my life. He said that many doctors don't really think of colon cancer for anyone under 50 unless there's a family history.
That was 15 years ago, and the medical community has generally understood that colorectal cancer can occur far earlier than previously expected.