Stage 4 Colon Cancer - Your journeys?

Hello Drago,

If you click on a contributor's name on these pages you might find a summary of their experiences, from the beginning. Take note that many of us are still here to tell the tale. I have just had a look on Google - what a load of depressing, sensational stuff that is from around the world. You will find Macmillan, NHS and Cancer Research UK more relevant to UK patients: they tend to get to the point without waffle or anything to sell.

Dulac

Hi Drago 

Do you know if the lymph nodes are located near the primary or a distance to the bowel tumour ?

Where they are located matters . 
Is it a rectal tumour ?

How they responds definitely is a big plus but location also matters .

My mum had a significant spread a diagnosis but stayed with us for a further 15 years . The first year was the worst but we learnt to treat it as a chronic condition and got better at compartmentalising scans and procedures and pushed on with living a good life despite a difficult diagnosis. 

Please do come back with the lymph node location as my mum had some involvement over the years .

Take care ,

Court 

The other thing that can happen is a confusion around t 4 and stage 4 ! Just always like to clarify . 

Hi mate, thanks for the response. It is stage 4 but the spread is localised to the cancer in the polyps. That's as much as I know. 

Radiotherapy followed by introvenus chemo and then surgery to remove the remainder.

It's heartbreaking. Take care of yourself.

That’s a good plan and sounds as though they can still have a curative treatment plan if they respond well to treatment .

The good thing about radiotherapy a lot of people have actually been down staged if the cancer shrinks enough .

Lots of support on here to get you all through the treatment lent phase .

Take care ,

Court