Hi
I was wondering if anyone has any advice.
My mum (early 60s) sufferes a lung condition and has regular scans,recently a shadow showed on one of her lung scans so she had to had a PET scan,luckily the shadow was an infection but it did show something on her bowel so she had a colonoscopy a month ago which revealed a very large polyp,she has never had any symptoms of this being there but they took a sample to be tested. She has another colonoscopy booked for today and they are going in further than before but yesterday the consultant called and said they held a meeting regarding my mum and they are 99% certain this polyp is cancerous,I am absolutely worried sick but he said the PET scan didnt show any sign that any cancer was anywhere else in the body which is good but they want her to have an MRI to check the pelvic area which I'm confused about as they said the PET scan was clear. Today they were also going to remove the polyp but have now said they will take her in after Christmas to have it surgically removed. I am going with her today so I hope to speak to the doctor but if this is cancer I dont understand why they are going to wait till the new year to remove it? And also does anyone know what sort of treatment she can expect to have,hopefully will know more after I speak to her doctor,just so worried right now but being strong for her. Thank you xx
Hi @pixie80 and welcome to the community though sorry to hear about your mum.
It sounds like they are being extra careful with your mum and that is a good thing but that can be quite scary too. An MRI scan can sometimes pick up very small changes a PET scan might miss but some people find them quite difficult, You can read more about them here - my wife has had several and while they are harmless finds them quite uncomfortable.
From what I read on the NHS site is seems that bowel polyps that might be cancerous they might go for a surgical approach, if the cancer is likely to be slow growing and unlikely to spread it may well be they would not want to do anything in a rush and might consider it in the best interest of everyone to put in a small delay.
<<hugs>>
Steve
