Waiting for urgent colonoscopy..

Hi, i'm a 27 year old woman. I've been having some gastro issues for the past year or so that have escalated in the past few months. I get awful stomach pain (worse after eating anything), my bowel movements have become more frequent (gone from 1 every other day to 2-3 times per day or more sometimes) and nearly every time i poop there is blood or mucus on the toilet paper. Bowel movements are agonisingly painful for me too.

I've had a normal ultrasound, normal CT scan, and normal bloods done.

I was referred by my GP for a colonoscopy and that is due to happen in April. However, earlier this week I had quite a bad bleed after a bowel movement (more akin to an amount of blood you would get during a period and with blood clots on the tissue too) so I went to see my doctor and she has sent a referral for an urgent colonoscopy instead. The GP suggested that she thinks its UC or Crohn's but she can't be sure until the colonoscopy is done. She put me on antibiotics and steroids for the meantime.

I have family history of both UC and Crohn's (my dad, his brother, and his mother). I'm worried sick that that is what this is. Did anyone here have a similiar experience to mine?

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