After my husband's colonoscopy 3 weeks ago, a 4.5cm mass was found. They reckoned it was 4yrs old. Still waiting to hear biopsy results, but the subsequent CT scan showed hot spots on his liver.
Since then, he's had a PET scan this week (180 mile round trip!). He has a liver MRI plus a sigmoidoscopy both scheduled for next week.
The colo-rectal consultant said on Friday last week that the oncology team wanted more biopsies (hence next week's procedure), and the liver MRI to see how many & what in liver.
The consultant wants my husband in for stoma surgery so they can start urgent chemo. They've also mentioned possible radiotherapy afterwards.
He's got a pre-op assessment scheduled for the stoma surgery, so things are moving along, with us driving hundreds of miles to 4 different hospitals for everything. They're rushing to determine what the bottom line is. My husband's tumour is making sitting in chair or car very uncomfortable. It will be months before it comes out and it worries me.
He's on a low residue diet but has lost 2kg in a week because he's fearful of a blockage.
We still don't know how bad things are. I'm trying hard to be strong for him. My tears are reserved for private moments. How can I better help him to keep weight on and improve gis energy levels?
