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297 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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Natalie Powell, Rutland
...need surgery to remove it. My heart sank. It was clear this was serious and wasn't going to go away on its own. The doctor had booked me in for a colonoscopy two days later to see for sure what it was and to take some biopsies to check if it was cancerous. After the colonoscopy, the doctor and a colorectal...
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John Coyne, Renfrewshire, Scotland
...issues with my bowels most of my adult life, always having to rush to the toilet and sometimes having the odd bit of blood in my stool. I also had a colonoscopy in 2017 which discovered a few polyps, these were removed and I was advised that was the end of the matter. Then in the summer of 2020, during...
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Bryony Stocking, Stroud
...the surgeons examined my abdomen and they said that I likely had adhesions, a twisted bowel or a blockage. I was therefore being recommended for a colonoscopy and released to go home that night – the appointment for the colonoscopy came through quickly for July, which was brilliant. What I saw...
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Tina's Walk Together for her mum and sister
...The doctor referred her for an endoscopy but when Tracey went to the hospital and explained her symptoms, they said they should have been doing a colonoscopy first. Tracey had an emergency CT scan, and her results showed something was visible on the scan, so she was booked in for a colonoscopy on the...
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Pamela Redmond, Belfast
...got my bowel sorted out the rest would improve. He kindly said he would treat me on the NHS, if my GP referred me, and would try to fit me in for a colonoscopy in January 2020. In December the helicobacter results were positive and I had treatment for that. The CA levels were negative so I was relieved...
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Why Daniel Jeffreys’s wife inspired Challenge 2020
...elsewhere for answers as he didn’t feel another injection would work and we were merely masking the pain rather than curing it. It was at that point a colonoscopy was suggested as a logical next step. She had the colonoscopy in early April 2018 and we waited until the end of that month to get the results...
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NHS England announces new recovery plan for cancer services
...with the NHS, even before the pandemic. The latest figures, published in October 2020, show 52% of patients are waiting longer than six weeks for colonoscopy and flexi sigmoidoscopy (peaking at 67% in May 2020), and 35% of patients are waiting over 13 weeks for these diagnostic tests (peaking at 43%...
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Raeann Rooms, Hull
...probably a stone or stone a half in weight, so the doctor sent him to a specialist. We went private and he'd gone for a CT scan and he was due to have a colonoscopy and they rang up and said, 'don't come in for your colonoscopy, come in at 7:15pm'. Because it was an appointment at night, I knew it...
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Katia Cole, Reading
...official diagnosis but we started to take it very seriously and made sure he got all the rest he could. Whilst he was waiting a week or so for a colonoscopy, Chris was in a lot of pain, in his shoulders, back and abdomen. It was worse at night where he would experience both pain and a sort of panic...
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Bowel cancer testing waiting times remain high, with targets missed for thousands of people
...monthly figure last year. More than 59,000 people who needed investigations for suspected bowel cancer symptoms waited more than six weeks for a colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy in September. These tests look at areas of the colon and can help diagnose whether someone has the disease. NHS England...
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Sarah Simpson, Hampshire
...blood in her poo. She returned again to the doctor, who said 'if you were older, I'd be extremely worried', and booked Charlotte in for an emergency colonoscopy. This was just before Christmas, and we were sent an appointment for January 6, where a consultant examined Charlotte for five minutes and...
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A million missed opportunities for bowel cancer screening
...to this, around 8,500 people who had already received a pre-lockdown positive screening result in England are still waiting for further diagnostic colonoscopy investigations. These have been postponed so resources could be moved to assist the coronavirus response, but also - unique to bowel cancer...
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Nicola Rankin, Airdrie
...helping me, just weren’t listening. I was in and out of the doctors, but I wasn’t getting better, I was getting worse. Eventually I was referred for a colonoscopy. It sounds silly, but I was actually happy to take the prep drinks, it was a real relief to my constipation and gave me a little respite...
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Greg Llewellyn, Neath
...bowel cancer in February 2014 at the age of 49. I had suffered with Ulcerative Colitis for about 25 years, most of my adult life, so I was having a colonoscopy every five years. As I was a long-term sufferer of the condition, my colorectal consultant recommended I have colonoscopies every three years...
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We welcome recommendation to introduce simplified screening test
...for bowel cancer in England, leading charity Bowel Cancer UK has welcomed the announcement. But says more investment to increase the capacity of colonoscopy services is critical to make significant improvements for patients. Deborah Alsina, Chief Executive of Bowel Cancer UK, said: "We have long called...
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More than half of Welsh Health Boards in breach of waiting time target for bowel cancer tests
...eight week target set by the Welsh Assembly, with 1,500 of these patients waiting more than 14 weeks. 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 tests...
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NICE recommends FIT for people at low risk of bowel cancer
...bowel symptoms, therefore do not qualify for an urgent referral as a front line test. People who have a positive result will then be referred for a colonoscopy or other relevant test. It is hoped that using FIT in this way will help ensure people are not referred unnecessarily for invasive tests, like...
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Two thirds of Scottish Health Boards in breach of waiting time target for bowel cancer tests as services reach crisis point
...demonstrate the urgent need for an action plan to tackle the growing endoscopy crisis in Scotland. The two key tests to diagnose bowel cancer are colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy. These tests are collectively known as endoscopy procedures. Waiting times are a vital part of the patient pathway...
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Mo Haque, London
...tablets for the anemia. My dad had bowel cancer and so I mentioned this to them, and because of this they said they would need to book me in for a colonoscopy. I was referred for a colonoscopy, but had to wait six weeks. During that time, I went back and forth to the GP and hospital for further tests...
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Penny Lipitch, London
...and did a stool sample, but they couldn’t find anything wrong. No one thought it was anything serious, even the consultant who referred me for a colonoscopy. Because of my age no one was concerned and it took some time. It took about six months to have a colonoscopy after my initial GP appointment...