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I’ve had the hemicolectomy and so fortunate that it was done laparoscopically. Hospital time was only 4 days so I’m happy to be home again. The cancer was also found in one lymph node so I will see an oncologist in a few weeks to discuss further treatment. At the moment I’m just very grateful to be recovering well.

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Skiddles - thanks for the insights you have shared. I’m glad your scans have been able to alleviate some of your concerns. I feel that I’m in a similar situation although the bowel cancer is still there. The scans I have had did not show any further cancer. At colonoscopy the biopsies indicated bowel cancer and a high marker not usually associated with bowel cancer. One of the doctors I spoke with mentioned that it might be pancreas or liver so I have been extremely worried. As far as I have been able to find to date neither of these have been found. There was concern that an area in the oesophagus was under investigation but is now thought to be a cyst, probably benign. I will speak to the hospital on Monday but that may not be to a doctor! The bowel surgery is likely to go ahead during the week after next. I will just be glad to get it done.

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sch - thank you for checking on me. The PET scan was done a bit over two weeks ago. Two days ago I phoned to enquire about the results because I had not been advised. I was very briefly informed that there is a cyst, probably benign, that had required to be looked at but that the bowel surgery will likely go ahead. This morning I received a voice message to the effect that the bowel surgery will go ahead in about a week and a half. The message indicated that I should phone the hospital early next week to confirm the date but not today because meetings would be taking place so it wouldn’t be very convenient. I’m hoping that when I phone on Monday I will be given a bit more information but I’m feeling quite optimistic at the moment. Still don’t know what the unknown ‘marker’ from the biopsy is but will ask about that on Monday.

Dididi

LindaG thank you for your prayers. I’m so thankful for the thoroughness of the doctors involved at this stage.

Dididi

I have recently been diagnosed with a cancer of the bowel. Surgery for bowel resection was to have been done 3 days ago but was postponed the day before. A biopsy showed fairly low marker for bowel cancer but high for ‘something else’. The ‘something else’ as far as I have been told, is unknown. I’m now booked to have a PET in just over a week’s time. I’m guessing this will show where there is another cancer. I’m feeling devastated that this has occurred. I adjusted to the bowel cancer diagnosis but am absolutely terrified about further findings. Has anyone else here been through this set of circumstances and what transpired thereafter? Thank you to everyone who so kindly shares their situation.

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