CT scan

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I'm back again..after having a large polyp removed not knowing for sure until they got it out that it was definitely cancer but it was stage one. I got told they didn't recommend surgery beginning of July and was so relieved to have some sort of a normal summer..was just getting back from France boarding the ferry when the colorectal nurse called. I thought just to book in my next procedure as I have 50 polyps still in there that need to go. The nurse started talking about the lesions they noticed on my liver....which was news to me! Apparently there had been an MDT meeting for me *after* I got the news no surgery needed and the radiologist noticed a couple of liver lesions on my CT scan (scan done back in April so why they just noticed now I don't know). Anyway this sent my into a massive spiral especially the nurse saying don't worry because that's what they said the first colonoscopy I had when they found the large polyp (and many many others!) couldn't stop crying for a day. They've said they'll scan again but I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this kind of 'incidental finding' during their colorectal cancer journeys? 

  • Hi  

    Many people come through here with that experience. They normally do an mri on the liver . Frequently it’s harmless benign cysts . But the ct scan is not enough to determine that . But it’s totally understandable to feel concerned .

    My mum had liver lesions detected at aged 67 and lived to 82 with successful treatment so there are lots of options even when it’s not the news people were hoping for .

    i honestly don’t think saying not to worry is helpful but definitely not to think the worst would be appropriate. You are going to worry as uncertainty does that but being informed helps to give it some direction. 
    Hopefully it’s simple cysts .

    Take care ,

    Court 

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  • Thank you. They said another CT scan imminently but why not an MRI I wonder? Should I query this do you think? 

  • Hi  I also had something flag up in my liver after my CT scan and, as Court mentioned, they turned out to be harmless haemangiomas (apparently they are very common and lots of people have them but go through life none the wiser) I then had an MRI to confirm this so it might be worth ringing your nurse to check which you’re having? 

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