Hi everyone. I went to see my onc today to discuss radiotherapy. He told me that it would give me another 10% chance of the cancer not returning. He also told me that healthy bowel now filled the space he wanted to treat and that there was a 10% chance of damaging the healthy tissue perminantly.
This would mean a perminant stoma, just when I am about to have mine reversed.
By the look in the oncs eye's I think he was hoping that I would refuse and that is just what I did.
I would have had to travel for an hour and a half every day for 5 weeks for a 10% chance, but also the most likely chance of my healthy bowel being damaged. It would make me unwell and I am feeling almost back to me at the moment. So I said no thankyou very much, the odds are equally matched and whose to say that I am not already cured after surgery and chemo. My onc agreed with me and said that my surgeon did too.
So there we have it, I am not having radiotherapy. I know that I have made the right decision but I can't get rid of the slight niggle at the back of my mind.
I would appreciate any comments from my friends in macland.
Love to you all. Julie xxxxx
