Hi

I was originally diagnosed with rectal cancer in October 21 and began a 6 week regime of chemotherapy and radiation treatment 5 days a week, ending on 15th January this year, then there was the lo wait to see if the tumour had shrunk enough to operate. After follow up scopes and biopsies, 7 weeks ago I was given incredible results that I was a full responder and the cancer had completely ge - no operation or stoma required, I felt like the luckiest person in the world - I was cancer free WOOP WOOP  obviously I was given my post cancer schedule of follow up scans, scopes, bloods etc… 2 weeks ago I attended for my CT scans, they followed up by scanning my chest (some very small abnormalities hashown up last time on my lungs), abdomen and pelvis - no results as yet, and attended on Wednesday this week for my scope, unfortunately as my veins were not good before chemo/radiology they are nowreadful, and my left arm vein is still completely solid and unusable on top of which I had been asked to get bloods done for something else on Thursday so asked if I took the viles and paperwork to e hospital on Wednesday could I ask as being cannulated for sedation could they use that to take bloods to save more difficult needles, my surgeon agreed and tried numerous times to cannulate my rig arm and both hands without success, so not only was there no blood samples there was no sedation and yes you guessed it there seems to be a local recurrent cancer- obviously I need confirmation frothe biopsies again, but know from both the surgeon and my bowel cancer nurse that they believe it has returned- I can’t believe in 7 weeks I have gone from the moon and stars to the depths of the ocn. They have requested an urgent MRI and are already planning surgery around the end of August, so many if buts and maybes again….. I have I believe to have a port put in my chest to help with vein sue especially as now I have had all radiation I can at present, the likelihood is that I might require IV chemo, and they are trying to rule out metastasis so need the results from CT, biopsies andRI before a plan can be put in place… I was always so afraid of the op and stoma and now it just feels 100 times worse with even more difficulties to overcome