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291 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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Charlotte Maden, Lancashire
...confirm that I had an urgent referral. There was some debate if I would fit the criteria for an urgent referral but thankfully I did. I had my first colonoscopy on 29 November 2021 which confirmed two polyps. I then had a second colonoscopy on 15 December to remove them and they were sent off to the...
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Andrea Morton, Manchester
...fluids and had a tube inserted to aspirate my stomach contents. Because the obstruction was pushing everything back up into my stomach I also had a colonoscopy. This showed inflammation but it could not be completed because the obstruction stopped the camera going any further so the doctor had to stop...
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Demand for diagnostic services increase in Northern Ireland
...lists. The data, which is for all diagnostic waiting times, rather than specific to cancer services, indicates that 8,442 people are waiting for a colonoscopy – with a staggering 56.6% of those waiting more than 26 weeks. Furthermore, data shows that 6,158 people were waiting for flexi-sigmoidoscopy...
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Sarah Laws, Essex
...begged the receptionist at my doctor’s surgery to see the permanent GP and managed to finally get an appointment. She fast tracked me for a colonoscopy, which I had three days later. It was there that they spotted the tumour, it was three and half inches round and just inside my rectum. I had...
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Half of people needing urgent investigations for bowel cancer waiting too long
...days. Of the over 88,000 people on the waiting list for investigations in November, over a third were waiting more than six weeks for an endoscopy (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy which can diagnose bowel cancer), with nearly a quarter of people waiting more than 13 weeks. In comparison, before...
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...another appointment because she wasn’t feeling better. A blood test revealed that she was anaemic and was prescribed iron tablets plus a referral for a colonoscopy. However a day later, her GP phoned her and suggested she go to A&E for a blood transfusion, but when she arrived at the hospital the...
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Max Hill, South Croydon
...was still experiencing the same blood in my poo and abdominal pain, as I had back in December so I was referred for tests. In early March I had a colonoscopy and a mass was found. This was quickly followed up by a CT scan and another colonoscopy. By then I knew that whatever I was dealing with here...
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State of the nations: patients continue to see increasing delays in diagnosis
...the problem. Of the almost 85,000 people on the waiting list for investigations in August, 42% were waiting more than six weeks for an endoscopy (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy, which can diagnose bowel cancer), with a quarter of people waiting more than 13 weeks. Scotland The picture in Scotland...
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Mark Hughes, Rothwell, Northants
...surprised when my GP called me to say that following the stool results, he wished to place me on a 'suspected cancer pathway'. Two weeks later I had a colonoscopy. Those two weeks seemed to take a very long time to pass. The colonoscopy indicated an unexplained growth, which I was informed was likely...
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Why Trevor's taking on the challenge of Decembeard
...very emotional recollecting my thoughts. My doctor, who will always be a hero in my eyes, had the foresight to investigate further and sent me for a colonoscopy. Most of the hospital at this time was under strict COVID rules, a surreal experience in itself! I must confess it wasn't a pleasant experience...
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Rob Moffat, Scotland
...screening test in the post, I completed it straightaway. I was then sent another test to complete, which I did and then sent a letter referring me of a colonoscopy. I was pretty shocked as the previous years’ screening results were always nothing to worry about. At the colonoscopy they found a pretty...
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Craig Allen, Cumbernauld
...which I did. I received another letter, but this time explaining that they had found minor traces of blood in my poo and that I needed to attend a colonoscopy. I was shocked to say the least. The colonoscopy went fine as I was sedated, but the worst part of it was the prep beforehand. That was quite...
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One in five needing urgent investigation still waiting too long
...the almost 87,000 people on the waiting list for investigations in October 2021, over a third were waiting more than six weeks for an endoscopy (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy which can diagnose bowel cancer), with nearly a quarter of people waiting more than 13 weeks. In comparison, before the...
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Ash Todd, East Yorkshire
...referral and explaining that I could do this as part of my already existing medical insurance. My wife and I went together to the hospital for my colonoscopy. Immediately after the procedure was finished, the consultant came back in the room and informed us that he was 99% sure I had cancer. I was...
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Annie Lovelass, Dorset
...weren't going away so four weeks later I went back to the GP and mentioned that my father died from bowel cancer. I was then referred for an urgent colonoscopy. It was during the procedure that I was diagnosed with bowel cancer, fortunately I was with my husband so we heard the results together. I...
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The psychological and emotional effects of a bowel cancer diagnosis – Richard’s story
...died of bowel cancer in February 2016. For me it was also a cathartic experience, as I was diagnosed with bowel cancer myself in March 2014 after a colonoscopy. More recently I’ve been told that it’s inoperable. I was obviously shocked after being diagnosed with bowel cancer but the situation became...
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Why Steve's taking part in Decembeard
...tail end of my suspected flare-up. I did the test and was informed that my results indicated that I needed to have further investigation by way of a colonoscopy. To be honest, and due to the flare-up, I convinced myself that my Colitis was active again. However, on 11 May of this year (2021), two days...
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Alex Hood, Hampshire
...flexi-sigmoidoscopy, but due to COVID the NHS weren't performing any endoscopy procedures so they booked me my appointment with a private hospital. At the colonoscopy, the consultant said he found something suspicious and he was 98% sure it was bowel cancer. To be honest, it didn't come as a complete...
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Ronald Morgan, Shrewsbury
...felt like I was a peach being hit with a sledgehammer. I was sat with my wife in a small impersonal clinic office waiting to hear the results of my colonoscopy which I had been having regularly every two years. But these results were different I was being told I had a tumour in my colon. The consultant...
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New guidance for endoscopy procedures to remain open is issued
...endoscopy organisations who have updated their information and guidance for health professionals. The two key tests to diagnose bowel cancer are colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy – a camera on a thin, flexible cable inserted through the anus to look at different parts of the bowel. These...