HELLO! I'm new and currently recuperating from surgery to remove the sigmoid portion of my colon where the cancer was.

Hello  I also had my sigmoid colon removed on the 12th March so I’m a little ahead of you . I’m finding that the more I am moving around the more new sensations I am having . I’ve got that stinging pain further up. My nurse has said it’s all the little nerves repairing and coming to life . 
With regards to chemo ( I had 1 lymph out of 17 positive ) the general treatment seems to be CAPOX which is tablets Nd infusion. Because I have a auto immune disease the oncologist felt that the infusion side would not be beneficial so I am due to start on the tablets only for 6 months . I found the oncologist went through everything thoroughly he quoted statistics etc and then side effects and treatment plans . 

Hi Takayasu - lovely to hear from you. Its reassuring to hear that you've experienced a similar pain (but not the pain itself) - what you say makes sense and its very encouraging. Good luck with your treatment and do let me know how you get on.

Hi  and congratulations on getting rid of the tumour. I found I always had a pain at the top of my bottom after walking but the nurse said it was all part of the healing going on inside abd just to take it a bit easier the next day. You can always ring your own support nurse for reassurance if you like?

My white cell count was generally on the low side and they wouldn’t give me my infusion one week because of it which was frustrating so it might be worth reminding the oncologist of your condition as I think there may be some injections that you can have to boost it?

My nurse also told me that the 2 infected lymph nodes were both close to the tumour which would indicate that the cancer hadn’t spread any further than those 2 which was nice to know. I was quite ill after my op and because of this the onc said she wouldn’t be too overly concerned if I wasn’t well enough for chemo - I did manage it but it was good to know that it really was just the belt and braces

Take care

Karen x

Hi, thank you for taking the time to reply. It's good to hear that you are coming out the other side and I hope you continue to get stronger. Stay safe and well x