Hi hope you don't mind me jumping on your post. I've just seen your post Steve. I'm 50 and I've been having abdominal pains now for 8 weeks. I've also had weight loss, tiredness and my bowel habits have changed. I've just had a FIT test and that has come back abnormal. So I've been told I need a colonoscopy for suspected cancer. I've read this post and it has given me some relief but I am worried as you can imagine. 

I know exactly how you feel as does everyone else on here. You just need to remember that there's multiple things it could be. Using Google can be worse as well as it makes you more paranoid! I was the world's worst for it and it drove me round the twist.

9 out 10 people get the all clear so that's something you need to remember as well.

I might be having some more yet!

I just assumed everything was fine and that was the end of it as its been nearly 7 weeks now since the colonoscopy. 

Yes that sounds similar to me,when I need to go I really need to go like instantly. Its a bit embarrassing at times but I won't go into details!

25 is very young for that as well isn't it? 

Home now. Well that didn't go as planned. Got all gowned up went to the room and the surgeon said I've just been reading your notes where is the pain. I showed him and he goes I dontbthink this procedure is the best thing to have at the moment. You will be best having a CT then he said another word after CT so like it's not a normal CT. He said this would scan my bowel  stomach, kidneys, liver and pancreas to see what it can find. I didn't know what to do and he said if he was seeing me now he would recommend that procedure not this one. I asked who he was and he said he was a bowel surgeon. So I've cone away not having it done. He has referred me urgently to have this CT something to be done xx

Oh no on the Blood bless you. How awful that no one told you that you would have thought that they would have said something to you when they talk to you after the procedure wouldn't you. Let's hope you find out soon. What have you got to do about the blood? 

No I told them and they said it was OK 

I have done a long message above if you can see it on whst happened today. Thank you for your message though 

It is and he’s a Prison Officer as well which isn’t good, but their understanding, xx

Oh bless you..what a roller coaster of a day...all that preparation you did too...I had same sounding CT scan..abdomen and chest and with contrast which is where they put this dye in via a candler to show anything up..mine was arranged for 12 days after the colonoscopy so fairly quickly..as I'm claustrophobic I got 3 diazepam from my GP but only used 2 of them and it was fine..kept my eyes shut though..no prep needed and you keep your clothes on...but what a day you've had xx

Was it a PET scan Amanda, that shows up more than a CT I think, husband had one of them. Well what a waist of your time and all that worry now you have to wait again. Not saying this to worry you when Mart was going to have a thing down his throat the chap said when he got there he wasn’t going to do it as couldn’t see anything the CT scan so home he came, the urologist (kidney cancer) wrote to the chap saying to do it, they did and found his stomach cancer, so please just make sure that something is done and not left. I hope I haven’t frightened you Amanda and I’m sure it’ll be sorted out soon xxx

Is it called CT with contrast? I have had that, of the chest, abdomen and pelvis. They put something in a canula in your arm.

Is it called CT with contrast? I have had that, of the chest, abdomen and pelvis. They put something in a canula in your arm.

Yes I am having contrast but it might be a CT Colonography