Recent diagnosis of colon cancer ,and how to cope with waiting

FormerMember
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I am 49 , I went for a colonoscopy on Monday 7th of October to be told they found a likely tumour. They took several biopsies and I got the results on Friday to say I have colon cancer. The phone call was confusing , the nurse said it’s hard to grade it but it is looking like the non aggressive form, but then she started talking about differentiation, which I have no idea what she meant she then said   it’s hard to say what grade it is yet, so I felt it was contradicting what she first said about being the non aggressive form.

 I am now waiting for a CT scan and just feel so scared of the results, I have got it in my head it spread to my brain as on and off since June I have had 4 dizzy spells resulting in not being able to work. My head feels very slightly dizzy at times and passes so quickly I have to think did it actual happen. I know I won’t know until the scan but feel terrified just waiting. Any advice would be appreciated on how to cope with waiting and thinking the worse. 

so sorry to go on it’s just this is something I can’t worry my family with my thoughts of it spreading