Hi everyone, first time on here as things are getting a little bit scary for me lately. This might be a long one so I apologise in advance. I'm 22, closing in on 23 and my health seems to be rapidly declining. In April of 2019 I was under so much stress that I started to experience what I figured were IBS/IBD symptoms. Painful bowel movements, severe cramping, I would go through hot flushes and cold sweats but then would be completely find after it was over, perhaps a little tired but feeling relatively normal. That was on and off, in fact I went about a year after that before I had any other flares. Then another year passed me by, bringing me to 2021. Things got worse this year, I had one flare at the end of April 2021 that eventually never went away. In September I started to experience anal bleeding.

I called my GP, instead of giving me an appointment with a doctor or a nurse, I was given an appointment with a 'specialist' however she was practically new to everything and she was referred to as Ms, rather than Doctor. She gave me an examination of the rear passage and told me that there wasn't any blood and that I didn't have any haemorrhoids, however I was prescribed supplements to ease haemorrhoids and sent on my way. The supplements did nothing and I only ever started to get haemorrhoids after I finished the course. I started bleeding worse so I went back to the GP. Finally got them to take a stool sample, which was mostly blood, not great but good because they couldn't ignore it. It came back that I had an inflammation somewhere. I was told I was getting a referral, however every time I went for the letter it wasn't ready and then they closed for a week. Two weeks later and I finally got the referral letter. Sorted all my details out and just had to wait for them to call me, which they never did.

Fast forward to just over 2 weeks ago in which I'm going to the toilet 10+ times a day and it's just blood seeping out of me at this point, I don't have much pain just cramps until I've gotten rid of most of the blood. Bare in mind that I don't have to push or exert myself at this point. Every time I go there's no actual bowel movement, just blood and clots of blood. When I have to pass gas it gives me a bit of cramping and sometimes when I'm least expecting it, I just end up with underwear full of blood just by passing gas without pushing. So I went to A&E. nobody can find my referrals on the system, I have a blood test and apparently I have a high number of inflammatory markers in my blood. I get told they're going to send their own referral to a specialist. They make me an appointment two days later for another blood test as they're worried about anaemia. I go back, have a blood test which show that my inflammatory markers are lower, which is good. I have an examination of the back passage, again, no blood. I then get sent for an x-ray. There's a small blockage in my bowel which they presume is constipation and then I wait for an hour for them to tell me that they've spoken to the specialist and he's put my case down as urgent.
 

Cut to almost 3 weeks later and I've heard nothing and unfortunately, as we all do, I did some Googling and I've got almost all symptoms of colon cancer. And that's how I ended up here, where I do admittedly feel a little better seeing people with similar symptoms have something that isn't cancer. But I'm still so worried and I have no idea what to do or who to chase in order to actually get something done. If I even had a date for a colonoscopy or something I'd feel much better but I don't.