So I joined this forum a few years back when my elderly mum had breast cancer, and then had a secondary agreesive lump form on her neck. And now I am here again, as my husband has just been fast tracked to have a colonoscopy and gastroscopy next week on possible bowl/stomach cancer. 

For many years he has suffered from peroidic bouts of acis reflux at night. Years ago our then useless Dr gave him Omeprazole (10mg) which he has taken daily ever since, (and which generally helped - until the last couple of months.) More recently (the last couple of years) he has also had occasional upset stomach (diarrhea/ sickness) This became more frequent after xmas and so he saw a new Dr in January who did blood tests and pooh tests. The blood came back as low in iron, with a positive result for helicobactor pylori. (He has 2 lots of antibiotics to start after the hospital appt) And the pooh had traces of blood (he'd not noticed anything) All this, plus his age (50) meant the doc has done this fast track appointment.

After searching on Dr Goolge (who doesn't these days?!) we are of course terrified that all this is pointing to a bad outcome. He feels tired all the time and generally just not ok. He feels bloated and is getting almost constant heartburn now. We want to know what is going on, and get it fixed, but at the same time terrified of what they may find.

I suppose I just wanted to know if anyone else has suffered similar simptoms to his? 

Also, I know they may take biopsies away to be tested, but do they tell you straight after the colonoscopy/gastroscopy if they can see anything that is bad? Only the hospital paperwork says 'to help keep the dignity of the patients, we ask family/friends to not stay - we will call you to collect when they are ready to leave'. - But I would not want him to be on his own if they were to give bad news....

Thanks in advance for any responses given xx