My Mum has colorectal (bowel) cancer, stage T3. She has had both chemotherapy and radiotherapy which went well but she needed an operation to remove the tumour. Throughout the whole journey my mum has been so open minded and positive. However, when my Mum came around after surgery she was not herself and has not been since. Prior to her operation my mum had no mental illnesses however after the operation she was extremely psychotic; believing the nurses were trying to kill her and us, seeing things and hearing voices. She refused to drink hospital water, became violent (which has never happened before), didn’t sleep for days on end and would have conversations with people who weren’t there. The people would tell her what to do and at one point she did something which she thought would kill her self. It was so bad that a family member had to stay every night in hospital with my mum for a whole month as opposed to 4 days due to her mental state (she was physically fit to go home). It has now been 2 months since my Mums operation and although she has progressed significantly she is still constantly hearing voices in her head. The only way I can describe it is having my Mum come home with a new personality. She is now home and receiving psychiatrist visits and on anti- psychotic drugs aswell as just starting a new 6 month round of chemotherapy. I really appreciate your time taken to read this, it honestly means so much to me. Has anyone got any similar stories or anything? I feel so helpless.
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I'm very sorry to hear that your mum has been diagnosed with bowel cancer and that since her operation she has been having psychotic episodes.
I don't have any experience with this but noticed that your post hadn't had any responses. Could I suggest that you join and post this question in the bowel cancer group as there may be people there who have had similar experiences.
To join this group just click on the link I've created and then choose 'join this group' on the page that opens. You can then introduce yourself and copy and paste your question from here into a new discussion there after selecting 'start a discussion'.
When you have a minute it would be really useful if could pop something about your mum's journey so far into your profile as it helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Edit Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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