Hey S725, 

I see you have your appointment to find out your results today so I just wanted to wish you good luck and let you know we're thinking of you.

I hope your surgeon is able to answer the questions you've asked in your post but if you feel that things haven't been explained to you properly or you have a few more questions playing on your mind after speaking with them then do feel free to give our cancer nurses a call. They're available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m and will do all they can to help.

Fingers crossed for good news S725.

Kind regards,

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Thank you very much. I have just had my call. It was benign but may have turned cancerous in a few years. Due to my young age for this the doctor has recommended that my family are also checked out in case it is genetic. I will have yearly colonoscopies going forward to check for more polyps. 
 

I have a colonoscopy coming up which I am very anxious about, may I ask you two questions? I am about to turn 23 so a similar age to you. What led you to having a colonoscopy? I've been having flat stools and diarrhoea which led to a FIT and calprotecin test which both came back positive. And how did your colonoscopy go? I am very anxious about the procedure. Thanks for taking the time and I'm glad to hear that you're healthy:).

Hello

to be honest the prep was the worst part! You have to take a load of laxatives which I had to start taking at 5 am and then you're literally on the toilet for the next few hours :laugh: Not eating the day before and not drinking in the hours before I struggled with and had a horrible headache from it.
 

The actual procedure was fine. They sedated me which actually felt nice! I don't remember much of it but I could see what the camera saw on a screen which was quite interesting. They removed the polyp there and then which I couldn't feel at all. If it got uncomfortable from the camera they moved me which releived it - the discomfort feels like trapped wind. After i was drowsy but starving so was very glad to get back to my room and have a sandwich & cup of tea! That evening I was v tired and a bit the next day from the sedation but was completely fine after - no bleeding or anything. 
 

I went to my GP with bleeding & IBS symptoms which I've had for years. I thought I had chrons or colitis. I'd never had a qfit but I did this time and it came back super high over 400 so I was referred privately for a colonoscopy. They said if I went the NHS route I would've been seen as routine and maybe not for months due to my age so I'm very grateful I got to be seen so soon. 
 

best of luck and let us know how you get on!

Thank you for the reply.  hear so many negative stories about colonoscopy's if starts to put me off but im glad your experience was different. I hope I can have mine sooner rather than later as I feel the longer it takes the more anxious I get, but it will be fine. Thanks again:).