Recently diagnosed

Hi Scared55 

The waiting bit is the hardest. As others have said, once you know what you’re dealing with and the treatment plan it’s easier. I know everyone says it but try not to google too many things as everyone is different. My tumour was 8cm which I thought meant I was doomed, but it hadn’t gone anywhere, not in lymph nodes and although major surgery it’s now completely gone with no chemo or radiotherapy. 

I took an approach a bit like Ann where I just increased workouts and did loads of abs work to get as strong as possible. I know it’s harder said than done but I tried to live in the present, not dwelling on past or future too much, but justt enjoying everything right now.

xx

Thank you so much for replying, hubby's scans are Sunday and Tuesday and he's been told he'll find out more after 25th April when the multi discipline team meet.

Everyone's message really help.

Thank you.

Hi I found myself in your husband situation in October no symptoms even done my bowel screening for the first time and it came back negative, Only found the tumour because I had went through other operation and ended up with colitis and ended with up with a stoma ,and I thought my world had ended but as to date I have had five weeks radiotherapy plus chemotherapy tablets which I was so scared off as I had read all the horror stories ie side affects but I can say it wasn’t that bad just the tiredness and a afternoon nap help with that ,after that it was the waiting for the results but me and my husband decided a holiday would get us through that this was in  February.Results the following week were the best we could have hope for tumour had shrunk. So next was the operation which was the 6th April and my surgeon was very happy with outcom I am now home  and quite surprised how I am feeling but  back to the waiting game with results from pathology but if your husband breaks it down to one step at a time that helps a lot 

Hi Scared55. Don’t worry about thinking you’re being over dramatic. There is no right or wrong way to react to news of cancer. I was fit and healthy in 2019 when I was diagnosed. It was a massive shock as I didn’t have most of the symptoms we’ve all heard of! I went straight into “what can we do mode”. That was then. Five weeks of chemotherapy tablets alongside radiotherapy and the tumour shrank by a third. I didn’t have any side effects, just a slightly weaker bladder. Hard to put it all down to radiotherapy as I was a 55 year old female! The shock didn’t hit me for about two and a half years. As others have said all you can do is try and keep busy, and break each part of the process down into manageable chunks. Wishing you the very best.

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

I'm extremely grateful for any advice.

Thank you.

Your considerate response really does help a lot.

Thank you.