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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand your anxiety OP. I have ulcerative colitis and it can present like this--lots of diarrhea, pain, burping, indigestion and blood. It comes in waves. I take prednisone when it’s really bad. Because your doctor is retiring anyway, I would actually start looking into different doctors now--call the practice you already go to and ask to be seen by first available, and be placed on the cancel list. Sometimes you can also see an NP and get things sped up. [/quote]m
OP here—yes I asked to be seen by a diff dr in the practice who seems to have the same demeanor as my current Dr (based on reviews—need someone empathetic) and the guy I wanted is booked out until august so I’m seeing the retiring Dr (Rubin) in July and hoping he’ll recommend the switch over to the other dr. I asked about any avail next appt and everyone is booked at least until 7/3-even the NPs.  How were you diagnosed with colitis? Was it done via colonoscopy? At the one I had in 2013 I know they biopsied the lining for UC (I think) and it was negative. I don’t think they took any lining biopsies in 2019. [/quote]

DP. I also had UC (I say "had" because I had a colectomy and no longer have a colon).

My UC was misdiagnosed as IBS for a very long time, including via a sigmoidoscopy. Based on all of my experience, which ultimately included precancerous findings, I would bet my pension that you do not have stage 4 colon cancer.

Any biopsy is effectively a biopsy "for UC," because the pathologist examines the tissue under a microscope and if there are characteristic changes of anything, they note what they are. It's not like a blood test where they may be looking for something very specific and if they fail to test for that one specific thing, they miss it.

So: your history here is that you are 45 with a history of bleeding hemmorhoids and two prior colonoscopies during which nothing was found. Colon cancer just doesn't move that fast. People you see news reports about who are turning up with stage 4 colon ca in their 30s and 40s are not people who had two prior scopes under their belts.

Unless you have a proximate family history of colon cancer, and maybe even then, I would make your next calls to therapists. I'm not saying not to see the GI--you should--but trying to get in on a rush basis when your problem is health anxiety is a "boy who cried wolf" situation. You don't have colon cancer, let alone stage 4 colon cancer. [/quote]

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