My wife had a colonoscopy today and they sat us down together, which immediately rang alarm bells for me.
The said they couldn't get very far into the bowel because there is a mass/blockage (can't remember what word they used) which they say looked cancerous, it sounds like it's nearer the rectum than deep in the bowel.
I think at this point the shock kicked in, the doctor said they're going to get an MRI and CT done, they've taken a biopsy.
She seemed pretty confident it's cancer, I'm working on the basis that they have seen it plenty of times.
As you can imagine we are reeling, I am very information driven so the waiting for tests and then treatment is already painful, I guess we don't know what to expect and it's hard to keep the panic in check, I'm hoping we can learn from you all in here...
Small update today, Radiotherapy planning session today, it was looooong! Not for any specific reason it just took ages!
It was worthwhile though as it at some worries my wife had about the process aid how it would work.
We find out she's having 25 x 2 Grey Units as apparently the bowel can take 50 of this units of radiation
AlbaH do you now how many units you had in your week long session?
Currently due to start 12th March if the next chemo cycle goes ages as planned
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