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Advise Needed: Bleeding on Toilet

  • 25-07-2012 8:41am
    #1
    Independance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭


    Just looking for a a bit of advise.

    My 63yr old Dad tells me last night he's been bleeding while/after he poo's on toilet. He then tells me it's been happening for about a year now on & off, went away for a few weeks/mths but is now back recently. He says he's not in pain but finds it hard at times to pass a poo.

    My Dad is a real Irish man, passing it off "I'm grand", but I'm quite mad he's left it this long to tell me, I'm concerned as I've just burried my mother-in-law 8wks ago who passed away from cancer which started in colon, my mind is starting to race now.
    Anyway my dad has a gp on paper, but hasn't seen him in years (dosen't do check-ups). I'm going to go with him today/tomorrow when I get the gp's times, but I'm not sure what to get the doc to check him for? Piles, polops, prostrate, cancer etc.
    • Should I insist he gives him a letter for the hosptial to get a colonoscopy?
    • He's no health Ins, how long would he have to wait on public list?
    • Can doc give him a letter for private hopo like Hermitage Medical Clinic, Lucan, we live in D.22 & how much would private cost?
    Many Thanks In Advance!


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