Hi! I really hope it's okay to post this but i could really do with my mind being put at ease and putting my thoughts out there so i'm not holding them all in. 

One thing that gives me slight reassurance is that i'm 17, the chances of bowel cancer are slim but the little voice in my head tells me that it's not impossible. For a few months now i've been struggling with a change in bowel habits. A while ago (probably 2020) i noticed my stomach would get very unsettled but i looked past it and eventually it was fine but then a few months ago it restarted and has been getting worse since. My current symptoms include a very unsettled stomach, needing to pass wind almost all the time, lower stomach and back pain, needing to open my bowels more frequently, feeling a constant need to open my bowels even after i just have, not being able to open my bowels then 2 minutes after passing soft stool and occasional diarrhoea and narrow stools. I went to the doctor who requested stool samples (which i did and came back clear) and told me to try buscopan (which didn't work.) He then told me to try mebeverine (also does not work) and referred me to gastroenterology. I am fortunate enough to have private healthcare so I've decided to go private however due to issues at my gp it's took a while for this to go forward, i'm currently waiting to hear back from the private health care company. I'm just in a constant state of discomfort and all i can think is what if it's cancer. like i said i know at 17 it's unlikely but it's all i can think about it's taking over my life. i don't feel like i'll be able to feel at ease until i've had it 1000% ruled out, i keep telling my parents and my boyfriend that i feel like it's something serious and they keep telling me that it won't be and that if it was the doctor would know but then you hear so many stories of when people have been let down by their gps, i'm genuinely terrified. I've tried to track foods to see if i can source a trigger but it's just bad all the time nothing in particular seems to make it worse. 

I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to post this but i'm just so so nervous. I'm hoping i can get an appointment soon so i can just stop worrying. If anyone has experienced similar and has had a positive outcome i'd like to hear that i think that would really reassure me.  Thankyou for reading x