Long wait time for tests

My 31yr old daughter has had a FIT test which came back positive 2 weeks ago. It came back as 60 which the GP said is high. GP said she should get a letter to go for a colonoscopy, this was 2 weeks ago and heard nothing from the hospital. She contacted her GP and she told her that there is a 4 month wait for a colonoscopy. 
as you can imagine we are all very anxious. Sshe also has Isopholic Asthma which has been worse the last few months, the immunosuppressant injection she has monthly are no longer having an affect either so it's all making her more anxious. 
is there any way she can be seen quicker? We're all very surprised that there seems to be a very long wait for a cancer diagnosis.. we don't have money to go private unfortunately otherwise we would. 
Amy advice appreciated please many thanks 

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  • Hi the only way she could probably get seen sooner is if the Doctor puts her on the urgent 2 week wait but it looks like he hasn't done that ,he obviously doesn't think its that urgent so if you are worried maybe get back in touch with your GP 

    Yes if her fit test came back at 60 its over the limit for being ok ,if its over 10 its positive but it can go up into the high hundreds ,I don't know if she has other symptoms or not or just the fit test and that's the reason for no urgency .

  • Thank you. Yes she had been having spme

    Sone bloatedness, swollen tummy, pain in the lower left side, also has been having indegestion and heartburn for almost a year.  Precious GP was given her buscopan and omoprezole. More recently she's been having blood in her poo and new GP felt her tummy and said she was going to send her for bowel cancer test. She did the fit test about 8 weeks ago and came back positive. That same GP phoned her up with the results and said she wanted to let her know herself rather than reading it in a letter from the hospital. She's still waiting for that letter. GP was very apologetic when she phoned her saying she didn't expect the positive result. 

    does it mean she has cancer and need more tests to find out where in the colon it is? Or just needs a colonoscopy to confirm it's cancer? I'm confused x

  • Hi the reason for a Colonoscopy is to rule anything nasty out ,Its still much more likely not to be cancer and instead something far less sinister ,the good thing is she is in the system now and will be seen but if I were you I would speak to the GP and tell them all of her symptoms and that you would like for her to be seen sooner because she's worrying so much and see what they say .

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  • Hi the reason for a Colonoscopy is to rule anything nasty out ,Its still much more likely not to be cancer and instead something far less sinister ,the good thing is she is in the system now and will be seen but if I were you I would speak to the GP and tell them all of her symptoms and that you would like for her to be seen sooner because she's worrying so much and see what they say .

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