Gastro appointment advice

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Hi so my husband was reffered to gastro for suspected IBD under urgent … hes gp said he just has to wait and they cant give nothing to ease hes symptoms … i spoke to the booking service as it has been 2 weeks and we havent heard nothing and they said there is a 12 week wait! Is he meant to just bleed out hes bottom for 12 weeks its not even drops its loads also hes so fatigued.. hes a lorry driver so its having a big impact on hes job

any advice on this please on how to speed it up

Unless your GP thinks it's cancer, which it sounds like they don't, I'm afraid that is a fairly standard wait now. The wheels have come off the NHS. Your GP won't be able to get you seen quicker, they'll have a dozen other patients in the same situation as will all the other GPs. I'm not recommending this but this is exactly why people self-pay at private healthcare a lot more now.

He should also for a course of steroids to tide him over - his GP can prescribe this. Should control the symptoms until he sees gastro. Good luck.

Hi no he’s GP just said we can give u nothing you need to see a specialist which I found very weird … he’s calprotecten levels Wer high and he said we have clinically diagnosed you but u just need a camera confirmation now …

I waited 26 weeks for my urgent Gastrointestinal outpatients appointment - even then it was a telephone appointment 🤷‍♀️

Op I’ve had crohns a few years now. I’ve mostly been lucky, in that I’ve not had a lot of bleeding when in flare and so have always managed things from home, until this last big flare when it became a bit of a blood bath. How often is he passing blood, and how much? It’s a real concern, and I’d suggest you call 111 for advice. Stress how often and how much blood there is. I was going every 5-30 minutes, not huge amounts of blood, but consistently there every time. I was advised to go to A&E when I called, and admitted after a ct scan confirmed crohns inflammation that needed intervention. I was ok to wait 8 weeks to see a specialist when my symptoms first started years ago, but I had no bleeding and could control things a little through diet. Your husbands situation is not the same as that at all.

Hi hun he’s pretty much bleeding every single bowel movement and that’s like 2/3/4 times a day.. we went a&e they said do1 and so did the docs he’s acc pretty poorly