Worried about my daughter

[mazzywoo]

Hi everyone
My daughter who is 38, has had diarrohea (with bleeding) for about a month and has lost a lot of weight. She saw her GP a few days ago and has been referred for a colonoscopy. She booked the appointment for May 26th and then got a call from her GP surgery saying to cancel it as she is now being seen by a specialist this coming Tuesday as an urgent case. She has been under a lot of stress recently and I am wondering if she maybe has colitis? She is very anxious (and so am I) and is thinking the worst (after going on the internet and looking up possible causes).
My query is, can colitis or similar diseases cause the large weight loss she has suffered? Has anyone else had this problem?
Many thanks, Maz xx

[boxtops]

I can't answer with a properly medical reply, but certainly if she has constant diahorrea, that means she's not keeping food in, and can call weight loss. I'm glad for her that it's being treated as an urgent case, any changes in bowel habits should be investigated. May I suggest that neither of you speculate what it might be? - you will know soon enough, and going on the internet can be very scary indeed, You need facts at this stage, not worst case scenarios. Good luck to your daughter for Tuesday.

[boxtops]

^^ can CAUSE weight loss

[RATTER15]

Mazzywoo, I agree with Boxy, stay off the Internet with regards to finding a cause. I hope all goes well on Tuesday.

[tiggerblue10]

My aunt suffers with colitis and she has lost a considerable amount of weight. She had an operation last year and she is fine now. Hope everything gets sorted Mazzy x

[Sqad]

Aged 38....loss of weigh and diarrhea ...........unlikely to be cancer if that is what you are thinking.
2 things come to mind
1) Ulcerative colitis
2) Crohn's Disease...less likely.

and and no, I haven't had that problem.

[anneasquith]

** diarrhoea **

[Sqad]

anne.....whose spelling are you questioning?.....the poster's?

[starone]

It's a really terrible word to have to spell isn't it?

[mazzywoo]

Hi guys-thanks for all your replies. Sorry about the mis-spelling too! As an ex vet nurse, I should know better!! I will let you know how she gets on with her specialist appointment. And no, we won't be perusing any more internet articles. She is keeping herself busy over the weekend so's not to be sitting there fretting about things.
Thanks again-have a good weekend all xx

[boxtops]

Cheers mazzywoo - let us know how she gets on.

[anneasquith]

i hope all goes well for your daughter,

[ilovemarkb]

hope all go's well! sqad will be right! (as usual)