Diagnosis timescales for my mum

Hi Robinred 

welcome to the forum . I am Sorry to read about your mum . She has been through so much already . 

My mum’s additional scans are around the two week period . But it can vary from trust to trust .

My mum actually had a spread at diagnosis and still here 14 years later as bowel cancer even when it’s spread can still have a lot of different treatment options .

A lot of people come here and think various symptoms are signs of spread but often they are due to other reasons . Although possibly still related to a tumour but not necessarily a spread . It’s tough waiting for the information being pulled together .

We are most definitely here to support you through this part as everyone here can relate to this .

Bowel cancer has many good treatment plans and we can give you lots of information when she gets through the staging .

Take care ,

Court 

Hi Court, 

THank you so for your lovely reply. It has given me hope.  I am going with my granny to take her to her scan today and she is in high spirits so I’m hoping and praying that the news comes quickly and we can get cracking with her treatment. 

Hearing that your mum is still here 14 years later has really helped me so much. 2 weeks will feel like 2 years but once we know we will be able to make a plan. 

Thank you again ️

Robinred

Hi Robinred and a warm welcome from me too. Sounds like your mum is a very strong lady and will be able to draw on that strength to get her through the next few months. Bowel cancer is notoriously slow growing and also very treatable. The size of the tumour is not an indicator of severity - the CT scan will check to see if there is any spread to other organs or whether the tumour is contained in the bowel. Once the team has all the information then they will meet and discuss a treatment plan for her. 
Once you have a plan in place then things will honestly feel a bit better. Stay away from google - you can ask anything you like on here and, if you click on peoples names, then their profile page may show their treatment to date.

I was diagnosed in 2016 and I’ve just had lunch with 2 ladies that were also diagnosed at the same time - we’re all still ‘no evidence of disease’ and friends for life.

We’re all at different stages of treatment and recovery on here and happy to help and support you and your mum through the next few months 

Take care

Karen x