Hello
I am a 44 year old woman who went for routine blood tests in May to discover I was anaemic. After some more investigation as to why, I did a stool sample and it came back with blood present. I went for a colonoscopy to discover a 5cm malignant growth in my caecum. A HUGE shock as zero symptoms nothing, not even for the anaemia. The next few weeks were awful, CT scans to see if it had spread, biopsy results and then a meeting with my consultant about options. CT scan came back clear so no other spread, and at the appointment was given two options of treatment as my growth is showing genetic abnormalities, I could have immunotherapy or surgery. I opted for surgery and it was 6 days ago. All went well and the key hole procedure was a success. I am at home recovering and will go back to the hospital for the histology report to discuss if I need chemo. The pain I’m experiencing now is like a stabbing pain in my right hand side. Which I can only imagine is normal as this was where the colon was cut and put together again. I am keen to know what other people have been like post surgery? I know I have a long journey ahead of me with treatment and genetic testing but for now all I can process is healing.
