Thanks for accepting me and thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. :happy: I really do appreciate it.
This past year Ive been experiencing severe pain in my right groin area which bores through to my lower back. The pain radiates down my leg and up into my shoulder and arm into my fingers.
My health this past year has not been good because I suffer with a complex thyroid issue and most of my symptoms Ive put down to that. However, in November I passed alot of blood through my back passage and my doctor referred me for an urgent colonoscopy which I underwent in December.
The hospital done an endoscopy and colonscopy together under twilight sedation. I have no recollection of the endoscopy but the colonscopy is quite vivid and it went on for over two hours. Apparently I hadn't completely evacuated my bowel and my ascending colon could not be examined but they found ten polyps in my colon which were removed, on one they attached two clamps as it seemed to be bleeding alot. They took two biopsies of my rectum, two of my stomach and were going to biopsy the ten polyps. The doctor said that she would make an appointment to investigate the remainder of my bowel in 3 months time and will see me every 6 months thereafter.
Unfortunately I didn't get to speak with anyone after the colonscopy and I can't get through to the hospital. My GP received notification that the biopsies were taken and they mentioned histology. I haven't received any results yet and have been doing alot of research and I'm beyond worried at this point.
In the colonscopy I could see on the monitor the polys they found were flat and the pain has become more frequent and intense. Its similar to severe period cramping x10, I'm actually sitting on my bed here struggling to write this with a hot water bottle on the area and I've taken so much pain medication with zero effect.
The hospital have me on PPI medication and since then I've cut out all red meat, gluten, sweetners etc. out of my diet. Prior to this my diet was very good. Im fit but not as much as I would like because I suffer with extreme fatigue and dizziness. I have the worst brain fog too & I get extremely uncomfortably bloated. My bowel movements unaided are probably once every two weeks and I never feel like I completely empty my bowel. My GP has requested that the 2nd part of the colonscopy be escalated and is also going to organise a CT scan whilst I wait for the next appointment. I did ask the doctor when I was undergoing the colonscopy to see me sooner and she said that my bowel had been through enough and I had to rest it. Unfortunately I can't switch off my mind and with the pain I'm seriously worrying.
I would appreciate if someone can help or share their experiences with me as I am the first in my family to have bowel polyps and every story I read about them so far really gives me cause for concern.
Thanks
