I had robotic surgery on Monday to remove a small tumour from the top of my rectum plus an anterior resection. Everything has gone amazingly well and I am now at home recovering. It honestly does not feel like I have undergone surgery, albeit I am a little exhausted given this is my first experience of surgery. My surgeon was just incredible!
My surgeon explained that the tumour was contained locally and had not broken through the bowel wall. I will have a catch up next week on histology results although he has commented that he does not consider it to be too aggressive. I possibly have one local lymph node involved (everything else is fine) and wanted to ask whether this would require any follow up treatment or is it likely that surgery will suffice.
I would appreciate any feedback if someone has had a similar experience although I acknowledge each journey is different.
