Hello! My husband was admitted to hospital 1 month ago with sepsis, and whilst in hospital had routine scans which showed a mass in his bowel. After further testing and a complete bowel obstruction, he had emergency surgery 2 weeks ago to remove the tumour. They removed 25 lymph nodes and found cancer in 10 of them, as well as a small area of the omentum that had a visible cancerous nodule. He unfortunately suffered with post surgical ileus which caused a world of problems in itself but he’s now home!
Although it’s been a horrendous month with lots thrown at us, we are in the very fortunate position that the visible cancer has been removed already and we’re now waiting for him to start adjuvant chemo. From reading through this forum, I understand that things don’t always move this quickly so I’m feeling grateful that his surgery has already happened.
He asked me to reach out for advice or encouragement, as well as asking if anyone has experienced similar symptoms post surgery. He is experiencing pain in his lower abdomen, and feeling a lot of pressure and discomfort in his bottom, and not really feeling the urge to go to the toilet even though he feels full and bloated. He described it as feeling as though he’s sitting on a golf ball in some positions.
My first worry was that there could be spread to his rectum but he has had a colonoscopy and two CT scans so hopefully it wouldn’t be that.
Thank you in advance for any words of wisdom or support!
