I'm not a Dr but my story is that I had occasional stomach pains for about a month and a loss of appetite, lost a couple of pounds too.

I saw my GP and they didn't know what was wrong with me they suggested going the hospital to have a consultation, my Mum said she did some research and it sounded like I had Crohns disease. The Dr laughed and dismissed it, saying internet research can be inaccurate (it wasn't just internet research she'd read medical journals and made phone calls and sent emails to people who had researched the disease).

Two-and-half years of stomach pains, losing two-stone (28 lbs), blood tests, blood in my stool (sorry), fatigue, anxiety, body image issues and a colonoscopy later the Dr joyfully announces that they've cracked the problem and I had Crohn's Disease...yeah thanks for that Doc.

I know they can't take every patient self-diagnose into account and they're the medical professional but what annoyed us was that in two-and-a-half years they didn't even consider what my Mum had suggested, just COMPLETELY dismissed it.