I don’t have any of the traditional symptoms Iike bleeding or any bowel function issues. I do have a dull pain on the left side where I estimate the sigmoid joins the rectum. I also sometimes have a sciatica type shooting pain that goes all the way to my foot. None of the pain is severe. Adding to this, I’ve been having a strange mild pain in my chest when I breathe deeply, but it’s not consistently reproducible.
I’ve had major stress recently due to my fathers death from stage 4 bladder cancer. The stresses feed each other so I’m really starting to worry.
I met with my gp and I was referred to a gi doc for a colonoscopy consult. It’s been almost a year from then to my appointment in 2 weeks. No real change in my symptoms other than the chest thing.
I did have a cycstoscopy to check my bladder and it’s fine. Also, pelvic ultrasound which was also clear. Blood work does not show anemia.
Am I crazy to think that all signs point to stage 4 crc spread to my lungs?