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Originally Posted by Evening
Hi,
I am from Australia yes. The health system here is comparatively not too bad, but like most places in the world the health system could be better. The hospital closest to me just started shutting down the emergency section- my grandparents friend ended up travelling to 3 hospitals for help after he had a heart attack.
My regular doctor is the one who sent a referral off to the hospital to see a specialist. He's sent it off twice now actually and stated it was urgent (though according to the woman at the hospital I need to have patience because 'we've got people here who have cancer'). Thanks lady, I wasn't trying to put myself on a pedestal above cancer patients, I would just like to know why I **** blood 7 times yesterday and had to take a moment to get to my front door and sat for 5 minutes cussing every word under the sun because I felt like I was getting stabbed from the inside.
If I get told I've got to wait another 6 months I might just fork out a few hundred dollars for the colonoscopy.
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Get a colonoscopy as soon as possible even if you yourself have to pay. Your symptoms are indication that you should not wait. I don't mean to scare you but the sooner you get in the better off you will be...no matter what. I feel someone really needs to tell you this isn't a time to fool around. Don't wait. Be pro-active. I wish I had told my sister this when she complained of rectal bleeding. She did not have a colonoscopy. Fast forward ten years. She's dead from colon cancer. I am so sorry to be blunt but I feel you need to be told the life you save could be your own. Good luck. Pick up the phone and make an appointment for a colonscopy. NOW.