My wife has been suffering from pain after eating since Easter and a partial bowel obstruction for two months. We initially thought her problems might have a gynaecological source because she has a cyst on her ovary and fibroids. She recently went for a scan at UCLH and was told the symptoms she's been having were not gynaecological and that she should have a colonoscopy.
She last had a colonoscopy in 2016 where she was told she had polyps. There was difficulty removing all of them and she was told she should be followed up every three years but she has not had a colonoscopy since then.
A couple of days ago she had a private appointment with Christopher Wadsworth at One Welbeck. He has referred her for a colonoscopy this Tuesday. She also spoke to a NHS colorectal nurse on Friday and informed that she be given an appointment for a NHS colonoscopy within two weeks.
She is now unsure what to do. She is very anxious so would like to have the colonoscopy as soon as possible, but she is worried that if she has the private colonoscopy and it does find cancer then she will not be able to access NHS care as well as being worried that Onewelbeck does not have the resources to manage her case.
Does anybody have any suggestions what we should do? Is it risky going down the private road? Does anyone have experience of OneWelbeck or Christopher Wadsworth? Does anybody have experience of treatment for bowel caner at UCLH? If anybody has experiences of private care for bowel cancer can they recommend them, please.
Many thanks.
