Hi everyone,
I was active in the bowel cancer group last year but stopped talking in the group when cancer spread to my lungs. I have been dealing with it by great support from my family and amazing friends. However I am a lot further down the line now with the illness and getting a little scared and feel the need to start talking again to fellow sufferers who know what it’s like to be in this situation.
I still have the original tumour in my rectum and lymph nodes but following chemoradiation they have remained the same. Surgery wasn’t performed as by the time the results of treatment were checked it had already speckled both lungs. I am told there are approx 10 lesions, 2 or 3 of which are larger. I also have a mutation so targeted therapy won’t work. I am starting oxaliplatin and capaciteabine next week, hoping to bring things back to a level where I can go a live my life for a while.
Even although it’s almost a year since my first diagnosis it still feels very unreal. I still feel fairly well but now the reality of it all keeps coming to the fore.
Thanks for listening and nice to speak to you all.
