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297 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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Waiting times soar for bowel cancer diagnostic tests
...to investigate bowel cancer symptoms in July, more than double the target waiting time. At the peak in May, 67% of those referred for a colonoscopy or flexi sigmoidoscopy – procedures which examine areas of the colon - were not seen within the six-week target, which is over 62,000 people...
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Sporting stars support campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer symptoms
...serious and it would sort itself out. “It was only because some close friends nagged me to do so that I went to get myself checked. I had a colonoscopy where it was found that I had polyp growths, which if left can develop into cancer. Thankfully after surgery to have them removed I'm all clear...
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Lynn Haveron, Newtownabbey, NI
...reassured me it wasn’t cancer. I took a picture of the blood that I was seeing and showed it to a different doctor, who straight away referred me for a colonoscopy. This was when I was diagnosed with stage 2 bowel cancer, it had spread to my pelvis. I had five weeks’ worth of chemotherapy and radiotherapy...
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How coronavirus is impacting bowel cancer diagnosis and treatment
...released this month by NHS England indicated more than 6,000 people have already been told their screening test was positive, and are waiting for a colonoscopy following their appointment with a Specialist Screening Practitioner. Around 8-10% of those people are likely to be found to have bowel cancer...
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Don't miss out on the patient day in Glasgow
...screening kit at the age of 65 after having very few symptoms. Bruce says: “It came as a shock to find out I had abnormal screening results. After a colonoscopy they found a tumour in my bowel which was confirmed as being at stage 2. “I try to always maintain a positive outlook, aided in no small way...
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Laura Dakin, Kent
...have emergency surgery to remove the right side of my bowel. I am due to start chemotherapy soon which will last for three months and am having a colonoscopy in two weeks. I have a three year old son so finding out I have bowel cancer has been a massive shock. People think you can’t have it at my age...
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Sophie Umhofer, Warwickshire
...another option or test. In the end I was referred to an inflammatory bowel disease clinic but I didn’t see them until April. I then had to wait for a colonoscopy and an MRI scan – this wasn’t until June. I thought they were going to diagnose me with Crohn’s disease, but the tumour in my bowel was so...
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Bowel screening in Scotland restarts today
...two years. Screening was suspended after careful consideration of the risks, including for people asked to attend follow-up investigations, such as colonoscopy appointments, as a result of their bowel screening. As part of the wider remobilisation of the NHS, bowel screening kits will begin to be posted...
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Mel's eight year old grandson raises over £3,300 with mini marathon
...visiting the toilet. After two or three weeks, I decided to go to the doctor. They referred me straight away and within two weeks I was having a colonoscopy and biopsies, which confirmed it was cancer. Scans followed, as well as a course of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in tablet form, before an operation...
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Emily Meunier, Fife
...refused water or IV fluids, even though I had been recognised as dehydrated. Only to be sent home with laxatives and a recommendation for an 'urgent' colonoscopy as an outpatient which would be an expected 12 week wait. The scan revealed a tumour in my sigmoid colon and the next day I had emergency...
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Melissa Boon, Berkshire
...be seen privately. I was seen three days later. Initial examination showed a large polyp, highly likely to be cancerous. I was then referred for a colonoscopy four days later, which is when I was diagnosed. Without much time to process the news, my husband and I made plans with family to help support...
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Every beard tells a story
...to head back to the GP. I insisted on a referral letter to a colorectal surgeon, and so the journey started from appointment, to examination, to colonoscopy and finally, to diagnosis. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and a tumour in a very tricky place that resulted in an abdominoperineal resection...
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Duncan Gray, Devon
...was eight weeks later. At the appointment it was suggested that I had hemorrhoids (piles) but just to be on the safe side they referred me for a colonoscopy. I had to wait another eight weeks and it was during this procedure they found a cancerous tumour. They explained that it was cancer but they...
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Jillian's online birthday fundraiser
...I'm still waiting for the full post-surgery pathology results. For me, it's all happened really quickly. I went to my GP on 24 February and had a colonoscopy, scans, diagnosis and surgery all within two months! It's been great that the NHS has managed to organise all of this in the current circumstances...
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Bowel cancer screening paused throughout the UK as thousands wait to hear if they have cancer
...released this month by NHS England indicated more than 6,000 people have already been told their screening test was positive, and are waiting for a colonoscopy following their appointment with a Specialist Screening Practitioner. Around 8-10% of those people are likely to be found to have bowel cancer...
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Sarah Bates, Teddington
...few months the bleeding was continuing and I was having loose bowel movements. So I went back to see the colorectal surgeon. He referred me for a colonoscopy, which I had on 22nd December 2016. Immediately after the test was done, I was told it looked like I might have cancer and was asked to come...
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A great way to end this difficult journey
...dramatic turn for the worse in the 2 weeks before the scan). We rang again the next day and then I was immediately admitted to hospital. I had a colonoscopy the morning after and was then told it was bowel cancer which had spread into the upper intestine, the bladder and the ovaries. After a MDT meeting...
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Nina Hemsley, Hailsham
...with things. But then I started to experience a lot more pain in my stomach. I went to another hospital and there the team quickly sent me for a colonoscopy. The test showed that I had a mass in my bowel, which was diagnosed as bowel cancer. My cancer diagnosis tuned my whole world on its head. I went...
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Mark grew a beard to support his parents who have bowel cancer
...London has been offered, which could offer my mum more time if successful. During this time, my dad, Neville, who was 59 at the time, went for a colonoscopy in June 2018. He had three small polyps tested, and we were left in total shock when one of these came back as cancerous. The exact same cancer...
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Why David grew a beard for Decembeard
...December. He shares with us why supporting the charity is so important to him. On the day of my wife's 38th birthday, 1 February 2017, I went for a colonoscopy. I'd noticed bleeding when I went to the toilet on and off for a few months. I wasn't too concerned, I was young and didn't have any other...