At the end of November my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. As you can imagine we were devastated to hear this news. Following a scan it showed up that the cancer had spread to three spots on abdomen wall. His original operation was cancelled and a new hospital and consultant were in place. His operation took place with the cancer being taken out of his colon and it has been rejoined. The cancer on the abdomen wall was also removed and a hot chemo wash applied to the area. He is currently in a high dependency area at the moment with a further stay of up to two weeks on a ward. This procedure is pioneering in Wales at the moment, there are two consultants who were trained in Basingstoke to bring this back to UHW . I am extremely grateful that this option was there for my husband. It’s going to be a tough couple of months and I’m interested to hear from anyone else who may have had this treatment.
Hi Curlyjo65
Thank you for your update .
It is wonderful to hear that he made it to surgery but also to see the team developing this service to other areas . This is a great step forward .
Having been here for too long 
, my understanding has always been that Hipec surgery or equivalent is a big hit . But others have come through it well and keeping expectations on recovery reasonable helps .
My mum had 73% of her liver taken away and probably would have had a similar recovery time . But each week you did see progress as long as you were patient but around the six months mark you could tell recovery was complete .
I wondered about linking in with Cardiff1968
I have put this link up and let you see their input .
Take care ,
Court
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