joanThttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/joant/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2010-07-20T11:57:30ZAfter care for bowel cancerhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/joant/posts/after-care-for-bowel-cancer2010-07-20T10:57:30Z2010-07-20T10:57:30Z<p>Hello everyone, my elderly (87) Mom has bowel cancer, she has had a colostomy(about 3 months ago) but she is too frail to undergo an operation to remove / reduce the tumour so the outlook isn't good. The consultant says that the only further potential treatment would be radiation but she doesn't want to go back into hospital and frankly we (sister and I) think that the side efects would probably outweigh the short term benefits. She is supposed to have a monthly visit from the district nurse, she had had 2, the first nurse had her notes but hadn''t read them, the second hadn't got her notes at all so neither had any idea what treatment she had had (including the bag) or why they were visiting. They don't visit at all now, they phone instead, which, as she is rather deaf, isn't in my opinion much use. She is in discomfort, she puts the feeling down to food she has eaten that doesn't agree with her which mught be true but she is careful with her diet. Anyone got any advice please?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=353886&AppID=31013&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember