First Meeting

Hi ColmFC722197 and a warm welcome to the board. Once the MDT has decided on a treatment plan then things tend to move quite quickly so you’ll hopefully hear about a consultation appointment next week when they’ll discuss the plan with you? I’ve attached a link to the booklet that I was given at my first meeting which may give you an idea of what treatment to expect and questions to ask

https://bcuk.adidocdn.dev/Publications/Bowel_Cancer_UK_Your_Pathway_V10.1.pdf

A stoma is common for rectal cancer and may or may not be reversible depending on how low the tumour is and whether there is enough bowel left to rejoin. I had rectal cancer in 2016 and I’m still ‘no evidence of disease’. The next few months may be tough but just break your treatment into stages and cross each bridge as you get to it

Take care

Karen x

Wow Karen,

2016 and still going strong. Thanks for getting in touch. On route for my MRI.

Regards

Colm

Hello 

welcome to the community. This time can be difficult when waiting to find out next steps after diagnosis of cancer.

 Was diagnosed with rectum cancer in December 2016 and had to have a number of scans before they had MDT to decide course of action. The radiotherapy/chemotherapy began in the February to shrink the tumour and I had operation for ileostomy in May 2017. They checked everything had healed internally September 2017 and I had my reversal in February 2018. I don’t have a rectum however I manage well working full time and living my life accepting that for me there a dietary restrictions but not as many that I had with ileostomy.

Good luck 

Thanks Panda21

I think im not doing to bad actually.

My wife can't get over it how im handling it, she's worse than me.

Thanks for reaching out.

Colm