Hi everyone, my husband has recently undergone a huge operation to remove a tumour from his rectum. We got the diagnosis in March, after a colonoscopy and biopsies, MRI and CT scans. He originally went to the doctors as he was bleeding and they thought it was a pile, after a course of treatment they decided to send him for further testing. He did the fit poo test which came back as negative. Then the colonoscopy where we were told it was a polyps but they were going to remove it. On the day of the "removal" they only took a biopsy which came as a surprise, and then we got the call to go in and see them and were told it was cancer. This was obviously not what we were expecting at all, as they had been so positive, but when you walk into a room with 3 people and one of them is a Macmillan nurse our hearts stopped! We were told that the biopsy had come back as cancerous and they were going to remove it, along with his rectum, close that up and he would be fitted with a permanent stoma. We have been told that no chemo will be necessary as it hasn't spread, but I am afraid that we don't believe them at this stage, we still have two more weeks to wait for the results. The operation went well, but took a long time - 9 hours. The consultant said again he believes that he got all of it out. He was in hospital for a week, which was hard going. Now we are on the road to recovery (I hope).My husband manages his stoma so well. He is still very weak and has lost 2 stone in 2 weeks. Today we had all the clips removed from his tummy and anus. He is currently still seeping a bit of blood out, thank God for Tena man pants is all I can say there. He is still in a lot of pain, and cant walk around much, or get comfortable, either laying down or on his side. We are going to see about some counselling for this life changing event. That's it really, I just wanted to say Hi, I have spent a lot of time reading peoples posts since were diagnosed but haven't had the confidence to post anything so far.
