Any advice would be really appreciated

I've had under right rib discomfort for several years, but this was investigated three years ago and nothing was found.

At the start of November I was put on a cancer pathway by my GP for an endoscopy as I had stomach pain and I was losing a lot of weight, but I didn't get seen for over five weeks. I think this is due to me being younger than the standard age to fit the criteria. The endoscopy was clear so they gave me an ultrasound (within a week). This found a dilated bile duct, so I was put forward for an MRI (MRCP). This took a further four weeks. Since then I've had breast lumps appear, so I'm now seeing the breast care centre next week (only a three-week wait, so I'm glad about that) and, more recently, I've started to show signs of diabetes.

I haven't had the results from the MRI yet and it has been several weeks. My husband says this can only be good news, as they would have dealt with it urgently if it was something serious. However, all my other issues and the growing under right rib discomfort/increasing weight loss leads me to believe that there is something definitely wrong. The signs seem to link with an issue with my pancreas.

I appreciate that covid means that everything is much slower now, but do you have any advice on how I can get things moving? It's been almost three months since I went to my GP and I know that time is of the essence, but this is moving forward at a frustrating and worrying pace.

 

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  • Hi EllaW,

    I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties and how long it's taking to get answers. I just wanted to send a reply to give you our nurses' phone number, as it may be helpful to talk things through and they may have some suggestions or advice for you.

    If you'd like to do this, you can reach them on freephone 0808 800 4040 - Monday-Friday, 9-5.

    I hope you're able to get some answers soon.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Hi Ben

    Thank you very much for the phone number. I'll give them a call tomorrow (as it's nearly five now).

    I really appreciate you taking the time to post this. x

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