Dear all,
I am being checked at the moment to rule out bowel cancer. Had all the worrying symptoms and my mum was 37 when she was diagnosed with it.
I just had a telephone consultation with my GP who was shocked I hadn't had my scan appointment through as she said I should have had it within 2 weeks of her referral so she's chasing that.
She said my bloods were ok apart from my CRP which was 19 and she would repeat the bloods in 2 weeks to check this.
I know the elevated CRP can be for a number of reasons and could be that I recently without knowing.
Apologies, I don’t really know what I’m asking really
The doctor said although this result is elevated it's not panic stations requiring immediate investigation so I am not worried but it's just the waiting and now it'll be another 2 weeks before I know if there's any change.
Thanks for reading x
Hi
So pleased your GP is pushing to get your examination done . I guess you only really know that an inflammatory process is going on in your body but still need know the cause . In isolation it does not really offer any further information to you and certainly not in isolation directly related to a cancer diagnosis. There is so much anxiety connected to this stage of exploration.
Hope they get it organised really quickly for you.
Court
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