Hi Kaza, Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you but this week has just been insane. Thanks for mentioning the faulty gene - Tony needs to tell his two sons to get tested, however, we do not have any way of contacting them (that's another whole story). Once he has had his operation then maybe he can spend some time chasing them up. The thing is that Tony has no parental history available to him so maybe that is something that adopted children need to take into account if they are in the same position. One of the other things they found when doing all the scans etc. is that he has an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm which our GP says is likely to be familial. Looking back he should have had the relevant bowel cancer tests done over the years so that early changes were picked up sooner. I shall see if there is a bowel cancer support group near us as I can imagine that it would be helpful to both of us. Thanks and take care, Christine
