Hi CLou92,

Welcome to Cancer Chat. This sounds difficult and I'm sure the uncertainty about what's going on is tough.

I'm not too sure why they have said you are getting a phone call first. I'm not sure if you've now had this phone call, but if not then I hope it's not long to wait for you to find out more.

In the meantime you may find it helpful to speak to one of our nurses. If you'd like do to this you can either post in the 'Ask the Nurses' section of this forum, or call freephone 0808 800 4040 - Monday-Friday, 9-5.

Wishing you all the best,

Ben
Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi you normally get a phone call first if you are waiting to have a Colonoscopy ,they normally ring to ask a few questions and to give you a date for your Colonoscopy ,I'm sure that's what it will be ,that's what happened to me and 2 occasions .

Thank you for your reply, my call is next week so I will update then incase anyone else has this experience. Its the lack of information although im sure everything is fine i didn't even think about cancer till my GP, but I may speak to a nurse if my anxiety gets worse, thanks again!

Thank you for this, I think with them not even telling me what I need to have done Its caused more stress or wondering if i was just going to get fobbed off. I was sent the the hospital originally with pain in my tummy and was denied a scan because "i wasn't in enough pain" according to the hospital when I was sent there not like I turned up. Thank you for sharing your experience im sure this will be the case :) 

Let us know how you get on Clou92 and if there's anything else you need to know just ask always available .

Thank you ️

Hi CLou92

Im new on here so just read your post. I am going through something similar to you and wondered how you were getting on? I’m on the Bowel Screening Programme with positive results. I have a phone appointment this Thursday at 8.30am. I am petrified that it’s bowel cancer as all the symptoms are pointing to this. But I do also understand that it could be IBD which is bad enough. I was diagnosed with IBS many years ago and have been trying to tell the medical professionals that something else was going on but no one would listen! Dread having to go for a colonoscopy as they are always so painful even with sedation. Just need to know what’s wrong so I can get my head round it. I’ve got so many other health problems including being deaf, so all this is causing me so much anxiety. Send positive thoughts to everyone x

Hey, sorry for the slow reply, this is me too, I had the phone call and had to go over everything again which was frustrating only to then wait 2 weeks for an appointment to go in but not even for the procedure but to meet with a nurse to go over everything and the prep, it's been very frustrating and also adding to my anxiety. Sorry your also going through this, I will update once I have been in for what now is like the 3rd appointment before getting to anything, what frustrating me is because im 32 there not rushing it, I hope your seen quickly so you dont have to sit on your fears im sure all will be OK x