Bowel issues

[Panickyperson1]

Hi

Just looking for a little reassurance really. Understand noone can actually diagnose and all under GP. I've been dealing with really bad ovulation pain for years now. I went to a and e 6 months ago and they did a pelvic scan to confirm I was ovulating. The GP phoned me randomly yesterday and said it might a bowel issue as the she was looking through my scan and said that there was fat wrapped around my small bowel??? She asked me to do a blood fecal test which has come back positive. I do get cramps sometimes but have not lost weight and still love eating! I am due to now go for a colonscopy which I am terrified of. Just wondering if anyone had similar ? I'm not dreading th worst case scenario and have 3 children and to be honest I'm frightened. I'm 37

I have regular colonoscopies due to a bowel condition. The preparation drink is vile but that's the worst part. Take gas & air or any other sedation that's offered to you.

As for the outcome, if it is really bad, remember that bowel cancer is among the easiest to treat and with a good outcome.

I won't say "don't worry" because obviously you are going to but steps are being taken to sort out your problems. That's the important thing.

Great advice above, agree with everything they said.
So many things it could be, well done for pushing and getting the necessary tests.
Sedation makes it so much easier, and the prep drink is better mixed and served cold, with a straw, and I had a separate glass on lemonade to sip in-between gulps.

Get the colonoscopy. It will put your mind at rest, or get a diagnosis probably for something simple like diverticulosis etc. That was my diagnosis together with small benign polyps which had bled.

Like others I have had many of them. I would advise you to get the sedation, it is great, and you won't remember a thing.

This is probably bad advice, uh oh, but I chug down the prep within 45minutes or less. It's not that much when you think about it, the first litre on day one, and the second on day two. That's just five glasses of 200mls, and many of us drink more than that from our water bottles! Do chill it, I add lemon and lime cordial (no other coloured cordials like blackcurrant allowed), and I knock it back. Soonest done, soonest over. I do understand that drinking it fast is not advised, but that's only if you are prone to nausea. Obviously I'm not, but there's no other reason not to get it into you quick!

Good luck with it all.