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Fundraise Your Way: Yoga Retreat
...was not eligible to be fast tracked. October arrived and Jonathan went to his appointment and was immediately told that this was not hemorrhoids. A colonoscopy discovered a large rectal tumour and swollen lymph-nodes. We were sent to see another consultant who told us that Jonathan may need to have...
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Sarah Hume, Essex
...it got so bad I couldn’t leave the house as I didn’t want to be too far from a loo. I went back to the GP late November and he referred me for a colonoscopy. I got the appointment for January - the same day as my youngest son’s birthday. I went along to the appointment with a sense of doom. I obviously...
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How the actions of our campaigners made a difference in 2018
...screening and surveillance programme delivered through bowel cancer screening to reduce the variation in access, quality and timeliness of regular colonoscopy. A national registry of people with Lynch syndrome. This will increase our understanding of the condition and highlight regional differences...
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Endoscopy workforce crisis could hamper Scottish cancer strategy
...Scottish health boards are in breach of standard waiting times, leaving over 5,000 patients on average per month waiting longer than six weeks for a colonoscopy. We also need to attract nursing and medical workforce to this specialism in order to meet the target to increase nurse endoscopists by 40%...
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Mike Powell, Cheltenham
...to redo the exercise, which I did and sent it off for analysis. Very quickly I heard back and was called in for several appointments including a colonoscopy. When you seem to be the only one staying on to see the surgeon after the procedure you start to become worried. But the moment they tell you...
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Bowel cancer screening narrowly misses target
...potential to detect more early stage cancers or to prevent it all together. However, implementation is already severely delayed due to the lack of colonoscopy and pathology capacity and we urge the Government to finally address this so FIT can be fully rolled out successfully and sustainably.” Find out more about bowel cancer screening Learn more about our Policy & Campaigns work Become a campaign supporter help lead the change and improve early diagnosis of bowel cancer
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Katy Bruce-Jaja, Essex
...break the news to me. I was admitted to hospital. The next day I had a PET scan and they explained that the cancer had spread to my liver. I had a colonoscopy two days later where they removed six polyps and examined the tumour. Because of its size and the risk of perforation of my intestines they...
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Maggi Blythin, Denbighshire
...cancer’. It’s not something you can ever prepare yourself for, no matter what your background. After that everything happened quickly. I had a CT scan, colonoscopy and MRI scan. I then saw the consultant in January 2017 and within two weeks I was in surgery, having a Trans Anal Resection of Tumour...
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Ending the capacity crisis
...has the potential to detect twice as many cancers and four times as many pre-cancerous adenomas. But this would have a significant impact on both colonoscopy and pathology services and as it stands, the current workforce shortage represents the single biggest barrier to delivering this world-class...
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Shaping bowel cancer research – a lay review panel member’s perspective
...before but, without doubt, that was my luckiest-ever day. I didn’t hesitate to take the test and a few days later I got a letter inviting me for a colonoscopy. Ten days later I had seven inches of my bowel removed and a month later I was back playing tennis. The consultant told me the bowel cancer...
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Meet Craig, Barbara and Patrick who are living with advanced bowel cancer
...weeks to get blood tests and results, but as soon as they were available the GP referred me to the hospital on an ‘emergency’ appointment. I had a colonoscopy, carried out by the consultant himself – something I wasn’t expecting. Because I had gas and air rather than a sedative the consultant was able...
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John Simpson, London
...nothing was detected. However, a short time after I was asked to do another screening test, which I did. I then received a letter inviting me for a colonoscopy. I quickly made an appointment, and it was during this procedure that they spotted the tumour. The test was going well, I could see my bowel...
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Michelle Dorrian, Essex
...was experiencing anemia, which was detected when I went to give blood. I went to my GP many times, had tablets and infusions and was referred for a colonoscopy, nothing was detected and the doctor thought it was irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), therefore the treatment for anemia continued. I later found...
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...January 2017, and weeks later spoke to her GP after having nausea, loose stools and abdominal pain, and blood in her poo. After being referred for a colonoscopy for suspected IBS, Amy had to wait a number of months for the procedure, during which time she had to visit A&E, as her pain was so bad...
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Our Nurse Advisor answers your most common questions on coronavirus
...postponed or cancelled All hospitals, both NHS and private, have had to cancel all non-emergency investigations and procedures. Procedures such as colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy will only be carried out in emergency cases. Patients on surveillance programmes or waiting for diagnostic tests are...
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82 year old Bob raises over £800
...delayed much longer, it may have been a different story. In 2016 I had no obvious symptoms again but the cancer was found during a routine follow up colonoscopy. I have had wonderful treatment the whole way through and count myself a lucky man. I don’t really think that what I did - walking four miles...
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Scottish Government to invest £7.8m in endoscopy
The Scottish Government has announced £7.8m investment to tackle the backlog of patients waiting to have an endoscopy. This includes colonoscopy, the procedure used to diagnose bowel cancer as well as detect polyps, pre-cancerous growths that can develop into the disease if not removed. Due to the COVID-19...
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NHS England release new plans to rebuild after COVID-19 disruption
...endoscopy staff from other duties, separating upper and lower GI (non-aerosol-generating) procedures, and using CT colonography as a substitute for colonoscopy when it’s appropriate to do so. Expanding the capacity of surgery to meet demand Fully restarting all cancer screening programmes. The ambition...
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Dave’s scorching bowel cancer anniversary run
...secondary tumour was found on my lung and a third of my left lung was removed. I then enjoyed relatively good health until 2019 when, during a routine colonoscopy, another tumour was found on the bowel near my rectum. My surgeon recommended that I had a pan proctocolectomy - this was the removal of...
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Our response to the Scottish Government waiting times plan
...we welcome this announcement, we are disappointed that an investment in endoscopy workforce was not mentioned given that waiting time breaches for colonoscopy is the highest out of all the diagnostic tests. As at 30 June 2018, over 6,000 people were waiting more than six weeks for key tests than can...