Staging colorectal cancer

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Hi so I’ve not been been on for a while. In the middle of chemotherapy. 
so I’ve had a copy the letter sent to gp from surgeon as what has taken place surgery and treatment. In the staging it has something I don’t know what it is. Does anyone know. It’s R1?

so it reads “ her histology was discussed in MDT and it was 

T4a, N1b, Mx, R1. 
 

Thanks in advance 

  • So am I right in assuming that r1 is very small unseen so that’s why the chemo to mop it up/ get rid of ?

  • Really hope he doesn’t get worse. The heartburn when bad I took gavescon after meals and before bed. It did help. Got prescription from oncologist for strong dose. I wasn’t too bad after the first one it was as it went on I felt worse.  I’ve been on 3 different types of sickness tablets none work for me. 
    Everyone is different so fingers crossed he doesn’t suffer with it. Good luck to him. Thanks for your reply x

  • Sorry I’m confused and after re reading it you’re right it is stage 3. That it’s in the nodes and not spread else where. Sorry about that. It all gets so confusing. 
    xx

  • Yeah he said he'll mention it this week when he goes back to start his next cycle. He's not been too bad the last couple of days he feels like it's trapped wind he's got and takes things like sparkling water etc so he can get a `burp` but once that happens he's fine. He doesn't usually take indegestion remedies but will take something like Rennies or similar and drinks a lot of milk when he has heartburn or indigestion too. Take Care. 

    Vicky xx

  • Glad he can take something that helps. I can’t do fizzy it blows my bag up. I’ve got an illeostomy. 
    Take care x