Partner diagnosed today

Hello my partner has also been recently diagnosed with rectal cancer. We are waiting for radiotherapy to start and then chemo, then surgery. 

I don’t have any advice other than it’s a bit crap!

I’ve been given some links to bowel specific groups if that would help?

Hi,

that would be really good, Thankyou! I’m just struggling to get my head round things and what it all means! It really is beyond crap!!

Are they doing the radiotherapy to shrink tumour before? We are the opposite way round and he has to wait to start chemo as needs to fully recover from operation. 

Yea doing radiotherapy then chemo. 

let me find the links I may message you as well if that’s ok?

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk

They have a group on fb as well.