Diagnosed day before yesterday with cancer of the colon, after a colonoscopy by the excellent team at Kettering General Hospital. Not too happy about this, if course, and trying to process my emotions.
I am only 56 and I feel fit & healthy! So one sentiment is, why me? But I have good reason to feel very lucky, as my sigmoidoscopy last year (after turning 55) got cancelled because of Covid - and my cancer would have quite possibly been missed by that scope, as it is much further back, right next to the appendix. Because it was cancelled though, I got offered a FIT test, and traces of blood were found in that so I then had the full colonoscopy.
Kettering immediately sent me for a CT scan, I’ve been assigned a very helpful support nurse and yesterday she phoned to say my results are back and all very promising. No signs of metastasis, all organs got a clean bill of health. Biopsy results expected in two days’ time then surgical team meets next week. The doctor who performed the colonoscopy said I would be an urgent case and that most likely I will have surgery to remove 3 feet of colon with 5/6 weeks.
In short, I am feeling optimistic but also anxious and uncertain as I am not sure whether the cheery positivity of everyone around me isn’t just false hope. Reassurance, friendly responses of all kinds gratefully received.
Anyway it’s getting late and I am up early for my 90-minute drive to work so I’d better leave it here. Thanks for reading!
Hi did you have any symptoms ? Sounds like their moving fast and very positive , hard to know what to write to ge honest. Enjoy Ur day at work , long drive that .
