15 years old, afraid that I have bowel cancer

I'm 15 years old, around 5'9 and 130 pounds, my race is white/black I am not on any medication, A couple months ago I was experiencing similar symptoms until they almost entirely went away until about a week ago. I've had a lump above my anus for as long as I can remember but as far as I know this is a symptom for the far more rare anal cancer. In around mid-December for a few days I was bloated as well as constipated, I did have some bleeding, however this was very likely because when it happened I was straining really hard and it went away the next time I went. I also had a bit of a cough, which wasn't that bad except my lungs started gradually getting quite sore until it was extremely painful. I was experiencing a little cramping then but nothing to bad. I was taking probiotics, collagen and bone broth and it went away after I took that for 3 or so days. I was almost completely normal except for slightly worse than normal constipation (I've always only pooped once every 2-4 days) until about the 8th of February, almost exactly 2 months since something similar happened. When it first started I had some pretty loose/thin stools, then some powdery stools, then diarrhea a couple times, then started to be constipated again. I have noticed a small amount of bright red specks in my poop that I assume is blood, from what I think is a hemorrhoid above my anus. I am once again pretty bloated and crampy, my entire lower stomach has some fairly mild pain from what I assume to be bloating and cramping. I don't think this is cancer because I'm extremely young to have it, and since I don't have many risk factors for it other than I don't get much exercise and I should probably eat some more vegetables. I'm pretty sure that I don't have a family history of this particular kind of cancer. Could this just be IBS or a lifestyle problem? I don't get a lot of exercise and I don't eat many fruits or vegetables or fiber, but I also don't each much red meat or processed foods. From what I could find, it's a 1/1,000,000 chance that someone my age would have bowel cancer but it's still freaking me out. The only reason I haven't gone to a doctor yet (I wanted to a couple months ago) is because the doctors here aren't very good and I'm fairly sure that I don't have health insurance. I'm also pretty sure that I don't have the classic symptoms, such as weight loss, constant sharp abdominal pain, any significant loss in appetite, I still get hungry at normal intervals even though it seems a little lower, probably because of the bloating, dark blood in the stool, fatigue and I don't have any noticeable lumps around my lower stomach.

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