Bowel cancer newly diagnosed.

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Hello. Where do I begin..... Husband is type 2 diabetic and currently lost 4 toes with gangrene. While having his big toe amputated in hospital he had a ct scan and it accidently picked up a growth on the bowel...shock!!! Further MRI scan has now confirmed secondary liver metastases. At the moment we are just going through a rollercoaster of emotions and just hanging on to every word that has been spoken to us by consultant but still not really wanting to believe we are having to deal with this. Hoping for some updates soon about next steps and treatment. Very scary to think of the furture when you cant even get your head around whats going to happen daily. We have been married 42 years and have a great network of support from family and both of us are being brave and strong for each other. Hoping to hear/read some postitive post on here to given us hope. xx

Hi Smudge22

You certainly have had a roller coaster with the shock of the diagnosis. Thank goodness that it was picked up. Lots can be done once you have a treatment plan you will be able to focus on that

Take care the early stage I found the worst my head was all over the place

Im sending you a hug

Keep us updated and if you have any questions pop them up.

Take care

Ann
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court over 1 year ago

Welcome Smudge22 .

Its such a shock when you were not expecting it . My mum was picked up on a bowel screen back in 2009 with a spread to her liver and we were Not prepared at all . However chemotherapy can be pretty powerful stuff and pulled in the spread .

Your husbands vascular team will probably get involved too . It’s difficult when you don’t know the plan but it gives it a bit of structure to move forward when it comes through .

take care ,

Court

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Smudge22 over 1 year ago in reply to Artsie

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and your kind wishes. Husbands case is being spoken about at the MDT today. Hopefully we will know more when we get feedback from meeting. x

Smudge22 over 1 year ago in reply to court

Thank you for the reply. Hubby has been through it last few years with gangrene and amputations. This was just out of the blue..no symptom no pain nothing. I feel so sorry for him as he has gone through so much already with losing his toes and the pain it caused, and now this aswell,but we are determined not to let it win. Its just the fear of the unknown and whats coming next that makes us anxious. x