Hi

Struggling at the moment and needing some advice. Sorry for posting on this site without a diagnosis, feel a bit of a fraud.

I am 43 year old male, about 2 months ago I first noticed diarrhea and this has not disappeared and ispresent along with severe bloating and stomach cramps. Never had issues like this before, although I have managed the bloat with peppermint tablets and don't have the cramps anymore.

After 2 weeks, I visited My doctor she was proactive and gave me a FIT test, unfortunately this returned positive for high traces of microscopic blood. This was not noticeable to me at the time but the test shows vast amounts. More worrying is that I am noticing bright red blood in the toilet afterwards now which is really visible along with mucus.

As of today I still have diarrhea, I have dropped from 86Kg to 78, although I stabilized at this weight.

Every time I eat, the noises in my stomach/intestines make are so loud and last for hours it is horrific. Constant gurgling and bubbling

I have had blood tests, I am not amenic , my blood results showed high results for fibrogen,HCT, Platelets,MCHC, which seems to be linked with inflammation.

I had my colonoscopy consultation on Wednesday just gone and was referred via the cancer pathway via the NHS, I thought I would be having the colonoscopy in the 2 week time frame but was just a consultation and was a little bit of a waste of time the doctor never attended and the nurse gave me so prep and informed me she would refer me for the colonoscopy within 2 weeks. I really though this could have been done over the phone to be fair 

The nurse downplayed me during the consultation and was asking me "What symptoms concern you the most"........ I was gob smacked. Seemed to downplay my concerns and made out I had nothing to worry about!!! Said my weight loss is not a concern and the blood is Probably a polyp, when I asked about my diarrhea she had no reply..I understand that's her job to download the seriousness of what could pe but felt a little silly.

 I was told that I would get a colonoscopy appointment on another 2 weeks!!I was initially given a colonoscopy date of the 10th September, although I did ring and get an earlier appointment on the 4/09.

The wait is causing me severe anxiety, all I think is that I have bowel or colon cancer due to having nearly all the symptoms. Also playing on my mind that if it is could I have dealt with this sooner? I cannot eat without diarrhea, and my life has been miserable the past 2 months.

Unfortunately in January this year I had bright red blood on toilet paper every time I wiped my bum and it was sore, I put it down to hemorrhoids, bought some wet wipes and the bleeding stopped after a month. So as far as I am concerned this was dealt with.

I have had an internal examination of my anus and nothing found, I looked severely drained of colour and just look I'll.

Obviously my mental health is taking a massive drop, the waiting is causing me severe distress.

How have people in similar situations dealt with the wait. I have stopped searching Google and other places, but I have to be realistic for what might be ahead unfortunately.

I just seem to have every symptom going and the waiting is horrific.

I am also going to be sedated for the procedure but don't want to see the screen.

Thanks in advance folks