Gastro appt freaking me out

[huskersjkb]

I’ve never had a colonoscopy. I’m 36, my GP referred me to a GI because I’ve had hemms off and on for 3 months with some nausea, blood on tp, etc.

My brother had ulcerative colitis, so he thinks they’ll do a full colonoscopy. Honestly... this is making it worse. He said zero chance of cancer two weeks ago but now all of a sudden he won’t rule anything out.

I do take several meds for depression/anxiety/sleep... and thyroid. My doctor choice probably needs to change... he’s terrible in regard to anxiety.

So I wait... nervous and scared I only have a few months to live. Why can’t I accept that it’s likely IBS or something not so life threatening?

[Scaredtoo]

I’m going through this now also. I have a gastro appt tomorrow and I’m just plain old freaked out. I have literally stopped eating because going to the bathroom results in me panicking. Ugh I don’t know either in terms of how to stop this thinking. Please know you’re not alone though.

[Jenni855]

Also going through similar and although my doctor said he is sure it is IBD, he still mentioned bowel cancer. It's terrifying I know, I am 32, no family history but still panicking that this is what they will find when they do the colonscopy. Keep us updated.

[Scaredtoo]

Jenni. I’ve been following your thread and want you to know I’m praying for you and wishing you peace as hard as that is during this time of worry.

I had my gastro appt today. She felt around my stomach and sat and talked with me a lot about my symptoms. Since this is an accute thing for me she is first going to check my stools for the following: c-diff, bacteria, giardia, parasites and whatever cultures they do for stool. I got like 5 vials.

I asked her if she thought I needed a endoscopy or a colonoscopy (I had a sigmoidoscopy last August) and she said “not right now. Nothing is jumping out at me.” She also prescribed an anti spastic to see if that settles things down. I go back on March 20 to get results of all the stool tests and to see what’s next. Do I feel better? Eh. I mean not necessarily. I’m just taking it one day at a time. That’s all we can do. The appt itself was a breeze so try to relax as hard as that is. Wishing you good thoughts

[Jenni855]

Thank you, all these kind thoughts really help x