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Been referred for 2 week wait suspected colorectal cancer

Jo1976
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Hi I am absolutely going out of my mind with worry at the moment.  I have always had trouble with my bowels etc, and it was only in January that I had a bad episode with my stomach,  I'm not sure if it was food poisoning or bacterial infection or viral, but I felt really ill.... went to doctors in January complaining of pressure near my diaphragm and bloating.  He did a CA125 and had to go for urgent ultrasound which turned out normal, although my white blood cells were raised and hardly no red cells.

Anyways fast forward to today, my blood results are elevated and low again, and I'm anaemic, I always have suffered with chronic anaemia.  Anyways I broke down well before I got my blood results in the docs office as I suffer with health anxiety and this was really making me panic as i was thinking alsorts of blood cancers etc.  Then when she pulled out the form for a two week wait, i just cried again! I am a nervous wreck and this is not helping!!! she advised me that its precautionary and just to rule out why I'm anaemic etc, but still worrying! I feel so tired and so drained and cant help thinking that I'm riddled with it and wont have long left..... How can I stop being so silly. I have two kids and want to be normal without this worry looming.

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    Hi Jo - I'm really new to this forum (I'm waiting for some results re: bowel/lung cancer). I don't know anything medical at all so can't help with that aspect of your post but I do understand what you are feeling & it's horrible, horrible, horrible. The real reason for my answer is just to say that someone who knows more than I do about your symptoms will be along to give you some advice.

    It's good you've found this site - it will help you to get things off your chest & know there are lots of us who know how you are feeling & will try to help you cope with the worry of it.

    It might well turn out to be something completely manageable which is what I'm trying to tell myself at the moment (I get my results or at least some of them on Thursday). For the time being at least we are both in the right place i.e here.

    I can't say try not to worry 'cause I am; but talking here helps - honest!:):):)

    Chin up.

    Kind regards

    Purrfect

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    hi all im going through a bit of a similar thing but mine is im iron deficient ferritin 11 havent had a period for years and had bad stomach and bowel probs for years my blood results are ok apart from ferritin im terrified i have internal bleeding from either stomach or bowel and that its cancer they dont seem to be taking it seriously gave me iron tablets scared

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    Thank you so much for your reply, I'm just going out my wits, i feel so ill and drained because of my anaemia and I'm just so scared..... 

    My mental health is not doing very well

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    Wish my doc said I  could just have iron tabs, then I wouldn't be worrying x

    Just teally hate feeling like this, waiting, not knowing! Thinking worst case scenarios in my head all the time. 

    I'm constantly have lower backache and convinced that its spread.... I now have a pain in my tummy and worrying about that.

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    Your mental health at this moment Jo is very important. If you get really desperate ring the Samaritans. I used to volunteer for them & they are excellent. Being scared is absolutely normal & understandable but when we feel scared it's sooooooo easy to get things out of proportion. It may well be the case that you are worrying unnecessarily & that things aren't nearly as bad as you fear.

    Worrying in itself will make you feel worse physically & that will only add to your fears. It's so important that you understand this & if you do you might feel able to cope better with the wait for a diagnosis. 

    I only wish I had some magic words that might help but all I can advise is that you hang in there for just a little while longer. You are not on your own - I'm scared too so think it's not just you - there's at least one other person out there feeling very afraid & anxious (ME :):). I bet anything you are stronger than you think. One thing I constantly tell myself is that "nothing lasts forever & things change". Things WILL change & more than likely for the better.

    Keep in touch with people here & it will help.

    Purrfect xx

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    Jo you are in my thoughts and please believe me when i say i work in a hospital and 2w waits are common really but not all of them are cancer i have cancer phobia severely and have had for 16 years but worrying so desperately will make your symptoms even worse because of anxiety i pray for a good outcome for all of us

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    Thank you, I am trying to be positive,  buts its really difficult.

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    Have they sent you for further tests too???? 

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    im just waiting to hear if they are sending me for endo and colon cameras im partly wanting to get to the answers for all this and partly afraid of what may be going on its a horrible scary place try to keep saying over and over in your head nobody has said it is yet try to be strong x

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