Hi,
I've been back and forth with the gp about my symptoms going on 6 months now. I have had yellow mucus in poo, abdominal discomfort constantly in the upper left side under ribs and to top it off I suffer from health anxiety. All this has made me worry I have bowel cancer.
I'm 28 years old so when I went to doctors he said it is IBS and offered a stool test. It came back as slightly inflamed.
I then pushed for a colonoscopy and he booked me in for a sidmoidoscopy. Don't no why I couldn't have the whole test.
I'm waiting 2 more months pass and still nothing so I paid for a private sidmoidoscopy and they found a polyp and removed it.
5 weeks later I get my results and the polyp it's removed was pre cancerous and low grade. He was very blunt and not helpful at all but he suggests now I get the full colonoscopy. So now I have to go back to my gp tommorow and go back on the waiting list.
Thing is it's not getting any better I'm still in pain and my stools are like rabbit droppings they are tiny. Has anyone else experienced this ? I feel like I'm in a long battle where gps just don't seem to take me seriously, will I now be fast tracked because they have found a precancerous polyp. And what does it mean to find one is it likely to have cancer higher up now?
I also don't think I can deal with the procedure again my bowls are apparently narrow he has me tossing and turning so he could get round the bends and to do it all again is petrifying can they not do something else !!
My mind is running riot and I'm so scared for.my future
Please advise.