Morning all.
Just wanted to say hi following my recent diagnosis (Sunday) of bowel cancer. I've had a variety of symptoms over the last 4-5 months, but early October finally decided to see the doctor, the loss of so much weight being the decisive factor. All the pre-referral checks were positive so went for a colonoscopy on Sunday. I was naïve (so went with my mum and not my wife) and just thought I would have the procedure and head home, get a call in a few days to discuss.
That didn't happen and was told by the consultant that they found a 35mm tumour in the mid-sigmoid and that I had cancer - felt like I had been hit by a bus and everything then went by as if I wasn't there. All I could think of was how do I tell my wife and kids! Yesterday I had the CT scan so now in the limbo stage of waiting for that and the biopsy results to come back to take the next step.
Went with telling the kids that I had a stomach issue that might need an operation, we opted to avoid using the "C" word until we knew more in case there was an avoidable outcome and also because my 2nd eldest is mid-way through school exams and that would be too much to take.
Not sure what's next, still don't know how to feel, not even processed it properly so none of this might make any sense. Hardly sleeping but remaining positive when I am around family and breaking down when not.
