Just needed a place to share this as I haven’t shared much of it with friends and family.
Im currently awaiting the results of tests to hopefully rule out bowel cancer (or at least indicate it’s very unlikely) after some bleeding and just hoping and praying it’s all resolved soon and doesn’t need a colonoscopy and most importantly isn’t bad news.
This is just the latest in a constant chain of health tests and uncertainty and I’m feeling like my health anxiety just can’t take anymore. I genuinely don’t want to be at the doctors or causing bother but it’s like one test leads to another or some new symptom pops up that needs investigation.
Autumn 2024 blood tests due to a lot of missed periods, resulting in investigations into abnormal liver results.
January 2025 fell pregnant and due to blood tests showing abnormalities with my liver and platelets there was constant testing throughout.
Autumn 2025 at my 6 week check the GP was adamant my thyroid was enlarged (I had never noticed anything) resulting in loads of blood tests and then an ultrasound where the sonographer said my thyroid was a completely normal size!
It hasn’t even been one month since the thyroid concern was resolved and now I’m back again for investigations due to repeated bleeding after bowel movements.
Every time this happens and they do all the investigations I’m a nervous wreck and it feels like it’s destroying so many holidays, Christmases, just general life! I am so grateful nothing has come to anything so far but when can I get a break from all the investigations and uncertainty? I don’t feel like it’s just me being a hypochondriac, it just seems like freak things keep happening and one test leads to another.