Almost certain my test results point to bowel cancer

[wilf1]

what was your outcome

[HopeI'mWrong:P]

My dad was an alcoholic and sadly it killed him in the end so I would never tell someone to "just stop drinking" because that would never happen.

He had to make those choices for himself.

Good luck for tomorrow and I hope the news is good news.

I'm really sorry to hear about your dad. That must have been so tough.

I absolutely will be working on giving up drinking if this comes back clear - this has been a huge wake up call. All I want to be now is healthy.

Thank you very much for your kind messages. If it's good news, I'll update my thread (not sure if I'll be up to that if it's not!) x

[Fishmanpa]

If they told me I didn't have it, I would quit.

I have already mentioned that should the test come back clear, I will be working hard to quit......So please do not message me about my drinking again.

I absolutely will be working on giving up drinking if this comes back clear

Just pointing out the pattern. 'What if" it doesn't? Will you just give up and drink until the big C takes you? I can tell you flat out you cannot drink if you accept treatment and fight it.

FMP

[nomorepanic]

I think we need to let the drinking issue go now please.

This member has their own choice of what to do and it is not our position to keep going on about it.

If he/she is an alcoholic then it will take time to stop drinking unless done under proper supervision.

[nomorepanic]

How did it go then and what are the results?

[HopeI'mWrong:P]

How did it go then and what are the results?

Hi, thanks for asking. Unfortunately I had another incomplete colonoscopy. He had to stop at the sigmoid again because the pain was so bad (I had sedation and IV painkillers this time too). I asked him to carry on despite the pain but he said that could be dangerous because he was going round a bend and it could tear my bowel. He said the rectum and sigmoid looked normal, and he took some biopsies.

So I'm pretty sad right now that I have no answers. I'm going to request a CT colonography when I next see the consultant, but who knows how long that will be.

Thank you again for your messages.

[nomorepanic]

Yeah going round the bend is the painful bit.

Sorry you didn't get the answers you hoped for today.

[BlueIris]

Sorry you weren't able to get closure. Was thinking of you yesterday.

[HopeI'mWrong:P]

Sorry you weren't able to get closure. Was thinking of you yesterday.

Thank you for thinking about me.

I am upset about it, especially as apparently now I have to wait about 6 weeks to hear back from the gastroenterologist who referred me (even though he referred me urgently). But I have an appointment next week with a private gastro, so hopefully I can get another type of test done privately and sooner.

[anom]

I went private and had a colonoscopy. I was knocked out.

I didn't ask for it, I didn't even know I was going to be knocked out but when I turned up on the day there was another guy there asking me questions about my weight and allergies and I started to put 2 and 2 together!

Also on the bill at the end there was an extra £150 for an anaesthetist!

I don't know if all private do that, I don't know if that particular consultant only does them when your knocked out (If I'd waited 3-4 months I would have seen the same guy on the NHS)

Nor do I know if its a viable option as it wasn't cheap! but I needed it for my own peace of mind.