I posted it, and lost this so sorry if it appears twice. I went to the dr. last April with rectal bleeding and severe pain, he didnt examine me. The dr, said it was hemmies-I guess he could examine me through my clothes?? Anyway he sent me off to a surgeon. I didn't go because I was so embarrassed, he also yelled and said it was because of my being overweight. So anyway Dec, I went to a new dr, he didnt examine me either sent me off to a surgeon. One month wait. Saw her, she did take a look on the outside and said she saw a fissure, also stuck a q-tip in. So tried the sitz baths and trini nitrate for seven weeks, went back to her with no improvement. In fact I was worse, so she sent me off to another surgeon-said she couldnt help me since I am prone to constipation and wouldnt operate on me. So here I am another five week wait, and I can barely sit the pain is so bad. So I called and talked to the surgeon's nurse-she basically said fissures don't hurt this bad and something else is going on. She has cancer patients that are more important, deal with it. She was very curt and gave me a bunch of useless info I already have found. So anyway is this long of a wait time standard? Any suggestions? How can I make this surgeon actually examine me and see what I am dealing with?? I doubt I have cancer but wouldnt know since I havent been checked?? Have you all been checked with colonscopy or sigmoidoscopy?? Any help would be great. Thanks
Noelle