Dr Philippa Kaye's story 

What a lovely Lady thanku for the advice god bless u

If only all GPs took the reporting seriously . I have a good friend who was fobbed off and died, and know of two UK RU-vidrs who are currently stage 4 having been fobbed off due to their young age. Personally I always knew I was high risk because I had colitis from the age of 23. At age 48 I was told I had a tumour and should have it removed "within weeks' and turned down a great job offer within the NHS as I felt it was unfair to start a new job when I would need recovery time. In actuality it took from 08/2008 until 05/09 to get my surgery - total colectomy with J pouch creation and temp ileostomy. My surgeons then missed the therapeutic 'window' for chemo - my tumour had gone from the lining to through the muscle wall by the time I actually was operated on. I had no chemo as I was told the risks outweighed any value being given so late. I feel very blessed to still be here, especially as I was diagnosed with cervical cancer just after the 5 yr 'all clear' from bowel cancer. My sister turned down a colonoscopy due to the fact she felt my cancer was due to my colitis: we didn't get in and have had no contact since I phoned her to advise her to get checked. Anyone given the opportunity for surveillance should grab it with both hands imo!

Thank you so much ❤ I am happy you are okay

Thank you!

Thanks for this. So helpful.

Dr Phillipa thank you

What an amazing video. You are inspiring x

I’ve read your book on cancer! It was very insightful thank you :))

Thank you great help to me xx

The way things are today with GP surgeries, by the time you get an appointment, you surely be dead. First you will have a telephone assessment, which is utterly unacceptable. If you want to have an appointment on the same day, you have to ring at 8 o'clock, and if you are lucky you will win the prize, which is the appointment. If you are not lucky, you can ring and get a telephone appointment in two weeks, as they will be all booked up. If the GP calls you in, you will be given another appointment which could be again in two weeks' time. So, there you go, all these shenanigans, might really put patients at risk. Next step, we will be told to use Google and diagnose ourselves 😤 no wonder all the ads about private doctors are springing up. The main problem with this country is that we are not fighters, we are sheep, we don't react, we take everything that is thrown at us. Look at the French people, when they think that things is detrimental to them, they take to the streets.

Unfortunately GPs and even the specialists we are referred to in the UK are not too hot on thinking out of the box when it comes to any possible symtoms. I feel like I've been just treated as a number to be referred and discharged to meet the NHSs figures / service levels. It took me months to get referred to the 2WW system, (suspected Oesophageal / head and neck cancer) and got spat out / discharged with worsening (even worse 4yrs on) symptoms. To make thongs worse I even work for the NHS. I now have to put up with the Gsstro / swallowing / vomiting / regurgitation / back & pelvic pain / fatigue issues and npw post covid problems after contracting COVID19, and bring an ICU patient in April 2020. I'm concerned that something serious is being missed by both the specialists and the GPs.

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Man I find that strange with woman, that most of their Colon Cancer stories are mostly involved after their birth of their child 😳

For some reason ppl are just not given colonoscopy when required or suspected in the UK. I get all my medical treatment done in South Africa where you get first class medical treatment and l also book my son for check ups when he visits SA NHS is absolutely shocking and continuously miss the point which costs lives and living in hell, shocking.

I’m currently going through investigations now due to losing 9st in 6months and had a ct scan that showed something on my on left side in my large bowel. They tried to say ulcerative colitis but now they believe I’ve been misdiagnosed x going in for a sigmoidoscopy in the next week after my doctor having concerns something sinister is going on xx they’re also taking biopsies of whatever this is in my stomach xx I’ll terrified if I’m honest , I’ve got 4 children and I’m only 27 years old xx I’m very tired and drained and never really feel 100% well and I’ve been feeling like this for over a year now xx hopefully it’s something treatable and that il be okay xxx