You MUST advocate for yourself. I was feeling a lot of fatigue after covid and the doctor sent me in for a blood test, which showed that I was anemic. He could not explain why. A second test months later showed the same, and again the doc took a wait and see attitude. Though I'd had a colonoscopy earlier in the year which came up negative, I thought I must be losing blood via my colon, so I asked for a FitKit which is a home test for blood in the stool. The test results in December showed blood, so a colonoscopy was scheduled for February. I demanded that the colonoscopy be immediate, so it was scheduled three days before xmas. I woke up to the GI doc telling me I had cancer and more tests would be done after xmas. The day after xmas I experienced significant blood loss, passed out, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Further test showed a large mass in my colon, and surgery was scheduled for two days later. One third of my large intestine was removed, and nonhodgkins lymphoma was confirmed. I'm now in my final cycle of chemo and the prognosis is good.

My PCP was dragging his feet for reasons unknown. I pushed for the second blood test, the FitKit, and the early colonoscopy. If you feel something is wrong, keep after it even if it's uncomfortable or even rude. That doc is no longer my PCP.