Colon Cancer

Wishing you well 🌺🌺
Such a worrying time for you, I can’t even imagine.
And thanks for the reminder, we should all be more aware of what our bodies might be telling us.

We are here for all the support you need

Wishing you well given the bad news.
Babs is right - we should all listen to our bodies

Thinking of you - and your family.

All the best Kupari - sorry to hear your news but hopefully everything will turn out well.
Incidentally, I too suffer from IBS.
I recently had a bout of gastritis , bloody toilet etc. Saw the GP, had a FIT test done. All seems ok.
I am prone to anxiety and that sets off my IBS.

I'm sorry to hear this, Kupari. I am not a medic of any sort, but it might be reassuring to hear of my MIL who was diagnosed with colon cancer around 15 years ago. She was told that in older people it tends to be very slow growing, and whilst she did have an op, they didn't take away as much of her colon as they would have done in a younger person, so she didn't ned a stoma. She is still with us at nearly 100, so the doctors were right about the prognosis.

I hope your case follows a similar pattern.

Wishing you all the very best.

Dh diagnosed in 2013. Had part of bowel removed and told most likely need stoma. Op done by keyhole - no Stoma. He had chemo. Cancer metastases then found in Liver 2016 which was operable and followed with more chemo. The day of lockdown came cancer found in liver and lungs - chemo but not operable as stave 4. 5yrs later he is still on palliative chemo and is just having a break again. His “journey” so far is 12years. Best wishes.

Much sympathy here OP. I have a sigmoidoscopy tomorrow and am trying not to worry. I am hoping for the best, but have a little tinge of fear for the worst.
The replies above are comforting. Hopefully you have found them so.

Wishing you all the very best Kupari45 from a cancer survivor (breast not colon). A very worrying time for you. Sending you a hug.

HelterSkelter1 Good luck with your sigmoidoscopy tomorrow. Wishing you all the very best.

You are in good hands Kupari45. Just rely on your medical team. So many people survive cancer now. Wishing you well 🌷🌷🌷

Thinking of you and wishing you well. 💐💐

Kupari45 my Mum had bowel cancer twice. Two different types so she had major surgery twice and had a stoma but she lived a good life until nearly 97. She was well, enjoyed her food, she was happy and great company. I am therefore at med- high risk of getting BC myself but I have regular colonoscopies and so far so good. I am pretty sure she was Stage 3 too. She guessed she had it a long time before her diagnosis but the GP disagreed until she finally told him she could actually feel it and she was not leaving until he examined her!

My neighbour was diagnosed last Summer after bouts of tummy problems and needing to be near a loo all the time. She had surgery last Oct with no stoma and is doing really well and says she feels great.

Thoughts are with you. You are in the best hands! Xx

Thank you Sparklefizz. I had chemo for non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2021/22 and am in remission from that. So I am hoping the current problem is maybe a late side effect of the chemo. The gift that keeps on giving! I need a loyalty card at the hospital.

Kupari, sorry you've had bad news, but the encouraging posts from those that have either had Colon Cancer or know someone who has and made a good recovery is encouraging.

Kupari45 Wishing you well with your treatment and I'm not surprised you are shocked. I've just had a positive FITT test, totally unexpected although I went to the GP because I'd got a few symptoms. I've been put on the two week pathway and am awaiting an appointment for a CT virtual colonoscopy, which I am hoping will be clear but also quietly preparing myself for bad news, just in case. I'll keep my fingers crossed that all goes well for you. Message to anyone with symptoms, get it checked out. If I'm honest with myself I'd been putting it off!

What a scary time for you, Kupari.
Wishing you the best treatment and most satisfactory outcome.

Kupari, I know how you feel I was diagnosed last Sunday following a colonoscopy. It floored me, luckily my son was with me. He took it bad..
I am waiting results from the 8 polyps they also removed. I am still terrified what is going to happen. I am 80 yrs old. Never been so scared. Thinking of you.
Don't know about you ,but feel so lonely. Only symptoms I had was dizziness.
Good luck with your treatment.

Good luck Kupari and Cheznous. Be sure to keep us all posted. 💐💐

Best wishes kupari and cheznous. We’re all here for you, wishing you both the best possible outcome.

Thinking of you Kupari, I was in your position nine years ago, had the operation and have a colostomy. Two years later I had a parastomal hernia and incisional hernia repair.
I am still around and living on my own.
Stay positive.

Kind thoughts for you Cheznous, I had multiple polyps too as well as rectal cancer. Every time I go for a colonoscopy I have several polyps removed.
If you need to talk we are here, you are not alone.

If anyone does have or need a stoma - please do not think of this as something terrible. I was in my forties when I developed very bad ulcerative colitus - needing to use the loo up to 20 or 30 times a day. I was treated with steroids, both by pills and internally. Was really poorly for all that time, needing daily sleep and being scared to go out anywhere unless I knew exactly where the toilets were.

I resisted an operation, which was recommended by the COnsultant, thinking that I was far too young (still had young children) to have such a bag, Only when the first signs of it turning cancerous did I finally consent to that.

It was a major operation, not helped by the fact that it was messed up and I required three further ones within the following 48 hours and a long stay in Intensive Care. For most of that time I was not conscious, so my older children bore the brunt of it with being told to say 'Goodbye to your Mother, each time you leave her bedside'.

But I did recover and after two months was back at home. Took a good time for me fully recover, but once I did and learned to cope with my ileostomy, I felt so very much better than I had for years. I know I lost nearly a decade through my obstinance.

Thirty five years of living with a bag, very few of my friends and aquaintences know - no reason for them to do so. I have lived a totally normal life for those years, just slightly different in the toilet department. I was an Amateur Swimming Official and this required me sitting and moving around on poolside wearing all white clothing in front of packed spectator galleries. First few times were an ordeal, but all always went well.

Please do not think of ostomies as being disabling or dreadful, they can - as they did with me - give you back your life and there is nothing it will prevent you doing in the future.

My mother had an ileostomy towards the end of her life.
She said it was "definitely better than the alternative".

I know there is a young woman on instagram trying to normalise stomas. She is doing a great job.

This young woman says it gave her her life back...

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/stoma-bag-young-benefits-ulcerative-colitis-b2160650.html