Hi,
After thinking I had IBS for a few months, which goes hand-in-hand with Fibromyalgia, a condition I've had for the past 17 years, I casually mentioned to my GP - at an appointment for something not at all connected - about my symptoms and asked if he could prescribe something; the constant constipation then diarrhoea was getting a bit wearing. Fortunately, I had a great GP, who thought it was worth running some tests and, three weeks later I was told I had bowel cancer. My immediate reaction was, nope, I've already had cancer (renal cancer 18 years ago), I shouldn't get it again, but here I am, with Stage 3 colon cancer. I am currently on a trial of Dostarlimab - an immunotherapy drug - I've had one infusion with the next three scheduled before surgery sometime in July.
A cruel blow, to develop cancer again -but what excellent work by your GP . And cancer treatment has come on by leaps and bounds over the last 18 years so hopefully you can reap the benefits of 1) advantages of an early detection and 2) very rapidly advancing anti-cancer remedies. 
