Some of you asked for an update on my rectal bleeding. I got a consultant appointment within a few days once I had been back to see my GP. He arranged a colonoscopy about 10 days later. The pain was horrific and I actually couldn't go thorough with it fully. In the bit of colon they managed to do, they found a very large polyp. Biopsies were taken. I was then booked for a CT and MRI scan. This worried me as most things I'd read said a CT scan was done if a colonoscopy didn't work, but there was no mention of MRI so my head has been all over the place. Both scans were booked at different hospitals last Thursday. The CT was fine but I couldn't manage the MRI. I feel so silly and I really tried my best telling myself it was a case of life or death but I had a panic attack and I felt so squashed in and claustrophobic I couldn't breathe. They DO have an open MRI not too far away which I hoped, if needed, I could go for. In the meantime, I have received a phone call today asking me to go and see the consultant at 9 in the morning which again has made me fear the worst. Why wold he want to see me immediately? I know, best case scenario, I had to have the polyp removed as the doctor told me that on the day of the colonoscopy ,but they wouldn't send for me immediately if that is all that was wrong. Added to everything, the doctor who did the colonoscopy felt that the reason it was so painful was because there was a blockage above. So I will know my fate tomorrow.
