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297 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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Bowel Cancer UK unites for World Cancer Day 2017
...returning it, a second one was sent out two weeks later to help confirm findings. John then got a letter from the local hospital. He was booked in for a colonoscopy and a week later he met the consultant. The test came back clear but a nagging doubt in the doctor's mind led to a second colonoscopy...
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JV Capangpangan, Norwich
...case to the hospital. There was a month wait before I was able to get a consultant appointment and another month wait before I was scheduled for a colonoscopy. I went to my colonoscopy appointment all by myself as I did not want to burden anyone. Right there and then, the endoscopy team informed me...
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Greg’s bowel cancer journey
...symptoms, which by this time was lots of blood in my stool every time I went to the toilet. I phoned my GP again in mid-December and asked for a colonoscopy, as I was sure that there was something wrong with me. I asked whether it could be bowel cancer and was told I was too young. Unfortunately, I...
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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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Thousands of people in Scotland waiting for endoscopy tests
...Health Scotland. More than 10,000 people who needed investigations for suspected bowel cancer symptoms waited more than six weeks for endoscopy tests (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy) in September. These tests look at areas of the bowel and can help diagnose whether someone has the disease. NHS...
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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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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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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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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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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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Almost half of people needing urgent investigations for bowel cancer symptoms waiting too long
...almost 85,000 people on the waiting list for investigations in August 2021, 42% (35,697 people) were waiting more than six weeks for an endoscopy (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy, which can diagnose bowel cancer), with a quarter of people (21,348) waiting more than 13 weeks. In comparison, before...
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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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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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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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Young Survivors Week: A mother's story
...worrier like your Mum”. Eventually our GP organised a scan. Two days before the proposed Dr’s strike in 2012 we received a call offering Laura a colonoscopy. The appointment wasn’t at our local hospital but as Laura had been complaining of problems for years we jumped at the chance. Her dad took a...