My sister is 42 and around 5 weeks ago started noticing a significant amount of blood in her stools accompanied by pain in her abdomen.
she had her colonoscopy last week and they have found a large tumour approximately 12cm into her small intestine. To say we were shocked in an understatement.
they couldn’t pass the tumour so have scheduled an mri for next week.
she has had 2 ct scans before the colonoscopy and another one last night of a different area.
so…, her macmillan nurse called her a few days ago and said she needed the third scan. My sister asked if the results were back from her first 2 and she said ‘ yes those are back and look fine, we just need one of your chest’!
I’m not sure if my sister has heard her right and she’s told her the scans were clear or if she can tell her that without all of the consultants and surgeons checking them over? Would she have access to those?
im so worried at the moment and don’t know how to support her without coming across as overbearing and worrying her more.
iv been a tad full on this week with checking in with her, making sure she’s taken supplements that Iv got her and not eating too much rubbish. Which probably isn’t helpful at all.
how do I support her in this without being a nightmare for her?
any advice would be really appreciated.
she has a lot of pain to the right of her stomach although the endoscopy confirmed her stomach was fine I’m concerned that it’s her liver.
this is such a minefield of anxiety and unanswered questions at the moment.
