I have been having symptoms lately of Bowel Cancer such as bleeding, pain (cramping), straining etc. I have kept getting told by GP its likely Haemorrhoids and given treatment for that which hasn't worked.
I have significant family history of bowel cancer with 8 family members dying in the last 6 years including my Dad. I have done a FIT test which has come back positive 400+ on the results. I've also had bloods which were a little abnormal.
My GP referred me to the 2 week wait but this has been rejected because of my age as I'm only 29 so too young for a colonoscopy via this route. I've been referred as urgent now to Gastro but they've said its at least a year wait even as urgent.
I'm stressing, its taken me a long time to even get people to listen to me to get a FIT test and now I've got to possibly wait a year to even be seen. I understand age is a factor but surely with us having the hereditary gene this trumps my age?
Research shows more people between 20 - 30 are being diagnosed with bowel cancer and the majority of these have the hereditary gene like me. Because of this "too young" thing by the time people my age get diagnosed they're stage 3 / 4.
I don't know what to do now. How am I supposed to wait a year thinking I could have cancer. It's already taken me months to get to this point, if it is cancer how much is it going to grow in that year wait?
