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Bowel Cat Scan & Sigmoidoscopy
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Got go for a CT scan on wednesday
& a further sigmoidoscopy (date to be arranged) later on.
Had some rectal bleeding for nearly 3 weeks (everyday) but its since ceased.
1) Is it worth taking up valuable NHS resourses going for these procedures?
2) What does a sigmoidoscopy entail?
Had a colonoscapcy some years ago and polyps cut out.
Also had some rectal bleeding issues that required cauterasatian. (piles)
Had intermitant anal bleeding for decades, but never 3 weeks on the trot
(so to speak...)
Actually feel like im wasting both resourses and time here as it stopped
(as abrubtley as it began)
And I feel fine otherwise.
& a further sigmoidoscopy (date to be arranged) later on.
Had some rectal bleeding for nearly 3 weeks (everyday) but its since ceased.
1) Is it worth taking up valuable NHS resourses going for these procedures?
2) What does a sigmoidoscopy entail?
Had a colonoscapcy some years ago and polyps cut out.
Also had some rectal bleeding issues that required cauterasatian. (piles)
Had intermitant anal bleeding for decades, but never 3 weeks on the trot
(so to speak...)
Actually feel like im wasting both resourses and time here as it stopped
(as abrubtley as it began)
And I feel fine otherwise.
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//just because bleeding stopped doesn't mean everything is back to normal//
Ive had intermitant rectal bleeding for decades
(late 20s - recently....im now 55)
Colonosopy & caurterised piles,,,thats all thats ever been found.
Still a bit mysified as to why I keep bleeding from behind every now and then,
Ive had intermitant rectal bleeding for decades
(late 20s - recently....im now 55)
Colonosopy & caurterised piles,,,thats all thats ever been found.
Still a bit mysified as to why I keep bleeding from behind every now and then,
If you're worried about being a drain on NHS resources, look at it this way:
If there is something nasty going on up there, and it's caught early, the NHS will only have to use moderate resources to keep you alive (and will almost certainly succeed). However if there is something nasty up there, and it's not picked up until much later, the NHS will need to use massive resources to try to keep you alive (and will then, quite possibly, fail).
I'm living with incurable cancer because I was a total wally and didn't seek help early enough when there were signs that not everything was right with my prostate. There are already enough wallies like me in the world, thank you! We don't need you to add to our numbers ;-)
If there is something nasty going on up there, and it's caught early, the NHS will only have to use moderate resources to keep you alive (and will almost certainly succeed). However if there is something nasty up there, and it's not picked up until much later, the NHS will need to use massive resources to try to keep you alive (and will then, quite possibly, fail).
I'm living with incurable cancer because I was a total wally and didn't seek help early enough when there were signs that not everything was right with my prostate. There are already enough wallies like me in the world, thank you! We don't need you to add to our numbers ;-)
Have you got bowel cancer, that is the question that needs answering?
With the history that I have read on your posts, the answer is no, you probably haven't. If that explanation satisfies you then cancel your appointment, but only the investigations that you have been suggested with give you that answer.
Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are the same as calmck posted.
It is your choice.
With the history that I have read on your posts, the answer is no, you probably haven't. If that explanation satisfies you then cancel your appointment, but only the investigations that you have been suggested with give you that answer.
Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are the same as calmck posted.
It is your choice.
I'm sure that nobody here is saying that you've got bowel cancer, Nailit, but I feel fairly certain that many people are thinking that it can't be ruled out without the tests that you've been asked to attend the hospital for. One in fifteen men in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer at some time during their lives. On average, 45 people die every day in this country from it but they're nearly always people who left it too late before getting their condition diagnosed.
Why take risks? Turn up for your appointment!
Why take risks? Turn up for your appointment!
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