Hello everyone,
Thank you all for sharing your stories. I’ve read some some of the journeys you’ve had to endure and you are all very brave.
My mom was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer last November. Since then, she’s completed her chemo radiation therapy. She unfortunately didn’t continue with chemotherapy as it caused blood clots.
Today, as I type this she has just woken up from robotic surgery, to remove the tumour in her rectum. I’ve found it very difficult as I live and work in Australia. I’ve been home for a long stint in between but at the moment it’s just been that extra bit hard.
The doctor and surgeon say, she will have a permanent stoma. They also have mentioned that they need to do a biopsy on the tumour removed to see if they have “gotten it all”. This news worries me, to think that it might still be there or come back. She’s broken her back vertebrae recently and the brain blood clot from chemo really set her back. I just want it all to be over. I just want my mom to have her life back.
I am a school teacher and I’m suffering from a lot of stress with all this news and the waiting. I feel like sometimes I’m the one going through it which sounds ridiculous. If anyone has any tips for me, or for my mom with her stoma/ post op/ waiting for biopsy/ positive outcomes please let me know. I would appreciate it.
thank you x
