Hi all, I’ve been reading this thread over the last week or so, I love the support and hope you don’t mind me joining in! I had my colonoscopy 13 December, 20 polyps found, 6 removed, 1 looked suspect and all were sent for biopsy. The wait for results is driving me insane! I spoke to the consultants admin today, she was lovely and understood my worry at the delay in getting results. Unfortunately they’re currently 6-8 weeks! Occasional days this just consumes me and I just want the all clear and to know next steps for removing the remaining polyps x 

Hi Abigail, oh good you finding our chat good..so good you joined too..but what a wait for your results..must be so horribly hard..I know v well the agonising wait for news...is awfully hard and v feel for you.. positives are that you've had the colonoscopy and if anything immediately worrying I think they act v quickly. 

See Sharkmarrison's post about her husband as they acted so quickly to get him into surgery to get all sorted quickly and make sure things caught in time..which I think they have done.. so I'd guess they feel not as urgent to get your results but still v worrying to find things out..sounds a v v long wait where you are though which is rubbish..do take care x

Thank you for your message. In my rational days, I totally think the same, it would have been pushed through urgently. But some times I just can’t think rationally! 
im so sorry things haven’t been positive for you and I hope you get your treatment asap and al goes really well x 

So today's the day ! Colonscopy and Gastoscopy at 11am. I've never been so scared of anything in my life and I've had my share of life trauma! 

I just keep telling myself that my persiatant stomach discomfort, bloating, bowel changes, thin stools and the dark blood ( only once)  are all sure fire signs.  I've spent all night looking up treatment plans for state IV convincing myself that I would not be having these symptoms if it wasn't advanced. 

I'm just so sad and everytime I hug my children I cry   .

So today's the day ! Colonscopy and Gastoscopy at 11am. I've never been so scared of anything in my life and I've had my share of life trauma! 

I just keep telling myself that my persiatant stomach discomfort, bloating, bowel changes, thin stools and the dark blood ( only once)  are all sure fire signs.  I've spent all night looking up treatment plans for state IV convincing myself that I would not be having these symptoms if it wasn't advanced. 

I'm just so sad and everytime I hug my children I cry   .

I went through the same late 2022  with all the symptoms and there's no getting away from the fact its extremely worrying and there's very little we can do about it except to go and face whatever it reveals ,its better to know than not know some people don't get that chance ,anyway after all my worrying and fretting it turned out to be nothing serious and they told me this on the day of my Colonoscopy so I'm wishing the same for you Mark ,and they say its much more likely to be something else other than cancer causing your symptoms but even if its what we all fear its still better to know and start dealing with it ,I hope all is well ,always here for support .

Thank you Jenny.   You're absolutely  right.  I keep flipping between positives vibes and what will be will be, one step at a time and then moments of total catastrophising.  I imagine that's normal.  If it is cancer then I guess I need to just tackle it and fight the good fight. If it isn't then happy days and 100% a wake up call re lifestyle choices.

 LegalMark this is the day you’ve been waiting for Mark. I know the wait has been very stressful let alone combined with all your symptoms, and together have led you to a worrying and stressful place .     I genuinely hope you’re ok , thars the outcome you want . However , you’re doing exactly the right thing getting checked out , many people, especially men choose to ignore anything “ bowel “ related.   The  fact you’ve taken your concerns seriously is a very important and valid thing.  In the event that something is flagged up you are in the best place to have it sorted.   Hope all goes well this morning. You will be well looked after. Take care 

Hi all, firstly thank you for all the support on this group. It has been the only place I could rant with people who understand  the anxieties of it all. 

I have to entirely agree with Steve's sentiments. Anxiety and panic make it so much worse but easier said than done! 

Anyhow I had my colonscopy and gastrocopy, the prep was annoying but nothing terrible and the procedure was a bit uncomfortable but over very quickly. I'm not sure I felt the sedative! 

My symptoms had caused me great worry. I had what looked like upper colon bleeding, two positive home FOB tests and a borderline calproctine test. Bloods were all normal.  In August I had two weeks of persiatant stomach cramps, stool changes,  gas which caused indegestion, malabsorbiton and pains by my kidneys.  It went away but then in December after a worrying bloody stool it came back three fold which prompted the specialist to refer me for the colonscopy. 

I'd convinced myself I was on a path to  positive diagnosis  of colon cancer and feared it would be the worse because most low grades have little symptoms. 

I am so relieved that today I had two benign polyps removed and nothing else of concern identified. They will be sent for biopsy but I'm told nothing to worry about. 

I broke down in tears of relief.  I really wish I didn't think about it as much as I have and that I didn't google so much about it. 

For anyone going through anxiety and fear of symptoms and pre-diagnosis. Please try to relax, carry on with life, throw yourself in to  work or something that keeps your mind at bay. You can't do anything about it until you have your results so there's no point in trying to look up what it means and what you can do. 

Thank you again for all the support.  

@Legalmark glad to hear from you and more so that all was ok.    It’s easy to say don’t worry but for many people that’s far from simple.  I’m hoping now you can relax and focus on your mental wellbeing too.   Enjoy being  daddy without the worry of illness though being a parent never frees us from worry !  I still worry about my “ children “ despite the youngest being 35 !   Take care and again very relieved for you.  

Glad to hear your good news its a great feeling ,after my all clear it prompted me to change my diet my exercise regime many things that we take for granted ,its a good starting point at the start of a new year ,especially with the delays with the NHS many people are having long waits for treatment and diagnosis its another reason to look after our own health ,Best wishes for the future .

So glad to hear your good news! Massive relief for you and now I hope you can enjoy your family without worry hanging over you 

It's a huge relief isn't it. I was upset after I had the all clear. I think the wife was shocked to see me like that as I keep my feelings to myself. 

You can get on with your life now free of the worry.