hi been suffering since 2009 give and take with a sausage shape lump that comes and go(iv had this lump come and go for yrs which no1 can see) abdominal pain lower right,diarrheah,weight loss, tiredness but mainly tenderness in abdomen, abominal pain, pain & slight swelling in right thigh which is always warm and i constantly going a toilet,iv had loads of gps tell me what they think it is but never a defenate diagnosis,iv taken allsorts of medication from nurofen which works very well 2 even takin prozac as a gp told me its anxiety, iv recently been given buscapan not allowd anythin stronger,my mother has crohns so i kno the symptoms we read up on it when my mum was 1st diagnosed 12yrs ago, iv had lots of test bak in 2009 all negative the only time sumthing was fount was by a wireless capsule camara but gp lost my results & that was dec 09 it was small nodules on my bowel,not sure could be ibs or ibd i was told i will c u in 3months,now 2013 no gastro team ever contacted me after several trips 2 my gp i finally broke down i went 2 gp with my partner in oct 2012 & just cried iv had allsorts wrong since 2009 & no1 is takin me seriously i was told i was suppose 2 still b seeing gastro team but was never called in,finally after all the wait i was refered once again had more blood taken & stool test which came back my colpretin 65 what ever that is( proberly spelt wrong)but bloods were fine so must b ibs,but its constant pain,it ruins my day cant do alot as it triggers it,how long does it take to diagnose how do i aproach my gastr dr when i see im in july do i agree with it being ibs or shall i push for test like ct or mri test just want it sorted,