angrry
23-10-15, 20:22
Hi everyone...haven't started a thread here in a while...bit of a long story but here goes...I'm male, 52 yrs old, about 3 months ago i started getting some pain in my right side...aching, burning, stabbing pain..bm's looser, mucous,gas...i saw my doctor and he felt it was related to my IBS which I have had for many years, but has always affected my left side. The pain shows up anywhere between my ribs and just above my hip, it also goes into the right abdomen and right back...I should add I no longer have a gallbladder.
Anyway the pain would come and go but never got better. I saw my doctor a couple more times and he wasn't concerned. He prescribed me an anti-spasmodic drug which didn't help.
During this time I completed a FOBT test which was negative, I also learned my B12 was very low..which has since been fixed. I last had a colonoscopy 6 years ago and it was clear. My doctor was of the opinion that 6 years wasn't long enough for cancer to grow large enough in my right colon to cause pain symptoms.
I returned to my doctor last Wednesday for my annual physical. The right sided pain was still there..more often now...I learned my iron was slightly low and I now take an iron pill twice a week. At that appointment my doctor agreed that maybe it was time for another colonoscopy although he did say it was more for my peace of mind. He agreed too that a referral to a therapist was a good idea.
So yesterday I called the doctor's office to see when I might hear when my scope would be, I found out that a request hadn't even been sent out yet, a week after my doctor said he would request one. I am so worried I may have colon cancer and now it feels as if my doctor just doesn't care. I just don't know what to do anymore....my anxiety is through the roof and I'm extremely depressed as well...Sorry this is so long...I'm just at the end of my rope...it feels like no one cares and that no one is taking me seriously...thanks for reading...I know no one can diagnose me and that's not what I'm looking for...guess i'm just scared that by the time i get the scope it will be far too late to fix anything that's found
Anyway the pain would come and go but never got better. I saw my doctor a couple more times and he wasn't concerned. He prescribed me an anti-spasmodic drug which didn't help.
During this time I completed a FOBT test which was negative, I also learned my B12 was very low..which has since been fixed. I last had a colonoscopy 6 years ago and it was clear. My doctor was of the opinion that 6 years wasn't long enough for cancer to grow large enough in my right colon to cause pain symptoms.
I returned to my doctor last Wednesday for my annual physical. The right sided pain was still there..more often now...I learned my iron was slightly low and I now take an iron pill twice a week. At that appointment my doctor agreed that maybe it was time for another colonoscopy although he did say it was more for my peace of mind. He agreed too that a referral to a therapist was a good idea.
So yesterday I called the doctor's office to see when I might hear when my scope would be, I found out that a request hadn't even been sent out yet, a week after my doctor said he would request one. I am so worried I may have colon cancer and now it feels as if my doctor just doesn't care. I just don't know what to do anymore....my anxiety is through the roof and I'm extremely depressed as well...Sorry this is so long...I'm just at the end of my rope...it feels like no one cares and that no one is taking me seriously...thanks for reading...I know no one can diagnose me and that's not what I'm looking for...guess i'm just scared that by the time i get the scope it will be far too late to fix anything that's found