My husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer after incomplete colonoscopy at end of March. Within a few days his bowel obstructed and he had emergency surgery for a illeostomy, He is due to start chemotherapy on Thursday folfox for two weeks then iriiotecan will be added to his regime 2 weeks later. Originally the plan was for 3 months with a month off then a operation to remove the cancer. On Thursday we saw the oncologist who gave us bad news after a second MRI scan and said the cancer , which we already knew was “locally aggressive sigmoid tumour with EMVI extending to the potential resection margin” has now spread to several areas of the liver . Naturally we are really upset and apart from his illeostomy which he manages well, some lower back pain and some tiredness he appears well. Last night he was in agony......I slept in the spare room as thought I was coming down with a cold. He had been awake since 1 am sat bolt upright with intense pain deep in his right shoulder. He can walk. It hurts to move or lie down. His pulse seems steady. He took to co codamol at 7 am and accepted some cereal and a drink. He has managed to lay down now and is sleeping as I expect exhausted. It could I suppose just be muscular, and naturally he is anxious as we both are. Do you think there is any connection and should I be worried?
This is the first time I have posted. I have been a distant visitor to the site. We just finding it hard to face up to the problems that keep on being put in our way.
