Hi Everyone,
Not something I ever expected to be dealing with at 40 but alas here I am. I had a rectal polyp removed recently and pathology confirmed it was cancerous.
I have since had a CT scan which was clear, and I will have an MRI in less than 2 weeks
MDT discussed my case and noted it was surprising for a polyp that looked the way mine did to he malignant but believe it has been caught early and that I may not require major surgery but a more minor procedure, which will then itself go to pathology at which point I'll get formal staging. They said something about being able to cut a disc out. But the MRI will guide the next steps I seems. Lots of ifs and maybes at the moment which is hard to process.
It's a very scary, very stressful time - waiting for results/updates is really tough. Every time my phone beeps I panic. That said I'm not expecting any update before my MRI so bizarrely feel a bit more at ease.
The scariest thing is this was an incidental finding and id not had any symptoms - it could just turn out that I was "lucky" to find it when they did. I do not feel ill in any way.
I try to focus on the positives that I've been told so far but it's hard not to think about the worst case scenarios - having a little boy makes it even harder.
I'm hoping for some similar experiences and wondering how you call coped - and for talking to I someone did you go via your nurse specialist team or Macmillan? It's all moving so quickly - which is good of course - but I've not yet really had the opportunity actually discuss what's going on in a calmer setting, and I think that would help.
Thanks, this forum seems a wonderful place.
