Hello Everyone
My name is Lee and I’m 45yrs old.
On January 28, I woke-up to a dull-ache in my lower abdomen. By January 31, I was in with my GP who gave me a physical, weighed-me (at my normal weight of 189lbs) and requested bloods. I asked him what organ was where I was experiencing the ache, and he said large bowel and asked if I had any family history of Bowel Cancer. I told him that one of my Mum’s brothers had died from it and that my Mum had been tested for the gene, which was negative. By Feb 3, I was 185lbs and by Feb 5, I was 183lbs. By this point I was constipated too, so I booked an appointment with the Nurse Practitioner for Feb 6 who prescribed me some Laxido. By Feb 7, I was pooing. :))
On Friday (8 Feb) I had my follow-on appointment with the GP, who confirmed that my bloods had come back fine and to discontinue with the Laxido. He wasn’t concerned about the weight loss as he said it was quite normal and within range, plus since all this started my appetite has been greatly reduced too. My GP told me that he was off next week, but booked me in to see him again on Feb 22 and put in a referral for me to have a tummy scan.
Over this past weekend, I’ve been experiencing episodes of what seems to be panic related breathlessness (I suffer from anxiety and I’m asthmatic) I’m constantly googling symptoms and I keep coming back to Lung And Bowel Cancer, where my symptoms slightly mirror what I’m experiencing: Abdominal-Ache, Weight-Loss, Lack of Appetite, Breathlessness and Constipation. On a personal level, my mind keeps wandering to another Uncle, who died only last month of aggressive Lung Cancer after only three weeks.
Yesterday (Sunday) My Anxiety was high. I felt that I couldn’t get a breath and my supply of inhalers weren’t working, so I went along to A&E where they checked my Obs, Oxygen and finally my lungs with a stethoscope, that were all okay.
I came home and pottered about feeling better. Then later, I had another attack. I didn’t want to call the emergency services as I was only in A&E that morning. It just feels at the moment, my anxiety is currently on a permanent state of high alert and now I’m worried and afraid that the cancer is in my bowels and lungs and that I’m going the same way as my Uncle. It’s affecting my whole body, my eating, my sleeping, physically and mentally. I don’t know what else to do.
