Anxiety & the waiting game

[Samanthaasec]

So I have been having issues for about 5 years or so. I put it off, thought it was just no big deal. A couple weeks ago I finally go to UCSF ER, the triage nurse said if he had to bet he would bet a $100 i would be admitted. I showed the doctor these pictures. Her response was that’s bad really bad, I can’t give you a referral to the GI doctor myself. I want to you to leave here and go across the street to urgent care to est. care for the referral. Due to insurance issues I have to wait until April 1st. I want to go to UCSF because it’s the second best in California and close to me. I waited this long what’s a couple more weeks. This has been the longest, scariest a couple weeks in my 34 years of life. I am the one who takes care of everyone in my life. Now I am thinking should I get a big life insurance policy for my kids to have something. My stomach has been hurting so much lately. I feel exhausted, I’ve been feeling weak, I’m scared I waited too long. I have blood clots, blood running through my stool, drip blood right into the toilet.

[Hozai]

Hi Samantha.

I have also had problems for maybe 5 years or more with bleeding and loose stools on and off. Narrow stool and mild tummy cramps on the left.

What photos do you the show the doctors? I have had visits to and from and although they scheduled me for colonoscopy, it got cancelled due to corono. But all specialists and doctors are telling me that if it was cancer then it would have caused more severe problems and spread a lot sooner (within a year or two) symptoms would not take that long (5 years)

[nieldy in reply to Hozai]

hi hozai, my mom is having that symptoms for over a year and her colonoscopy schedule was cancelled too due to corona, you still having those symptoms???

[Hozai in reply to nieldy]

Yup. Symptoms still going on and can’t get answers from the doctors as all tests are cancelled. Been bleeding even more recently and I think the anxiety and stress I’m going through is making things a lot worse.

[nieldy in reply to Hozai]

yes they said anxiety will make it worse, but you can't avoid that bc you're having that symptoms, I'm also anxious for my mom i really hope this virus will end now.

i am surprised that you didn't get colonoscopy done right away.

[nieldy]

hi Samantha how are you now?

[Samanthaasec in reply to nieldy]

I’ve been stressing like crazy especially since I established care finally on the 9 th of this month. I love my new doctor she’s at UCSF in SF. She told me she didn’t want to think something and not tell me which i respect and appreciate. She was like I don’t want to alarm you but I am very concerned about you and what’s goin on this is an urgent matter, normally you would come in within a week for testing, but because of corona virus it’s goin to be 2 to 4 weeks. I have to have weekly video appts wit her, she’s worried about my blood volume. I am scared because every doctor or nurse I’ve seen this past month keeps telling me they are really concerned, or it’s serious, or something that hasn’t been positive.

[nieldy in reply to Samanthaasec]

i really wish you well, do you bleed a lot? did you have blood tests? were you anemic?

[nieldy in reply to Samanthaasec]

hi samantha any update???