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Hi, following an NHS Bowel Screening test in September 2021 I was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

I had a colonoscopy and was told I had a sigmoid tumour about 3cm big. I was later sent for CT scans to see if the cancer was anywhere else. Fortunately not!
I was booked in for surgery for 15th December.

Unfortunately I was taken in on 5th December as I had a blockage. They tried to insert a stent but this was unsuccessful and so I had an ileostomy fitted.

I recently had another CT scan and was hoping to hear today for feedback. Unfortunately my scan hadn’t been reported and so wasn’t available for my consultant to review! I’ll have to wait until next Tuesday for the review.

My surgery is booked for mid February to have the tumour removed. The healing process will then start over again.

The last few weeks have been really traumatic, not only coming to terms with having cancer but living with a stoma.

Anyone else out there struggling?

I will be forever grateful to the NHS Bowel Screening Programme.