Update on brothers surgery - Bowel Cancer GOOD NEWS

Hi everyone, just to let you know that my brother's surgery yesterday was 100% successful, turmour removed in its entirety and it had not spread. I was with my sister in law, her sister and her mother for lunch with my 7 year nephew when the surgeon called with the news, after 4 hours in Theatre, it was very comforting to have all been together and we could not have asked for a better result. All the women cried and we were comforted by a very strong young man!!! However, of course there is a long way to go, further chemo and he will have the colostomy until that is over. I have just called the hospital to see how he is and he answered the phone!! - not what I was expecting. Said he felt uncomfortable (to be expected of course) a permanent tummy ache was the way he described it and it starving hungry, cannot eat for another few days, and he normally eats for England! He did comment that he was feeling better than he expected at this stage. I am going to visit later but so far, so good. And the added bonus was that Chelsea won the FA Cup, he managed to see the last ten minutes! I cannot express how grateful I am to everyone who supported me on Friday night on this site and who continue to do so. It really is such a fantastic source of support and I am delighted to have found you all. Hopefully I can help others too who are awaiting this surgery with our experiences, it will be a pleasure to do so. Will keep you posted with further updates, enjoy the lively sunshine, if you can. Take care Loulou xxx