Colon cancer

turtle 19 days ago

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Hi all, 4 weeks into my colon cancer diagnosis. On 2nd June had surgery to remove part of colon that had tumour, was in hospital for 3 days, they have said prognosis is good but still a wait of 4 weeks for results. I'm eating little and often, following their guidelines. Walking a little every day, just down garden and back about 100 ft.

I'm having trouble with my emotions, feeling very down and impending doom as if something bad is approaching and I can't stop it. I feel a fool for having these feelings as stated isolated so not spread.

I'm sorry about this, just wondering if these feelings are normal.

Thank you for reading.

Lesley.

CerysM 18 days ago

Hi Lesley,

This is completely natural and your not a fool for feeling this way - what you've had done is a major surgery and finding out you have cancer is a huge shock to your system. There are no right or wrong ways to feel, you will process it as you need to. There is a lot of support out there so please do reach out to someone if needed (for example I am using the counselling service provided by my employer).

I was personally fine until I was sat in the pharmacy waiting to pick up my first set of chemo, at which point I broke down in floods of tears and couldn't stop sobbing. I still have a little cry sometimes as going through this whole process is not easy.

Be kind to yourself and keep up with the gentle exercise. I hope you make a full recovery swiftly.

Best wishes

Cerysm

MarkyMak 17 days ago

Totally normal. 2 years in this battle for me and those feelings are very normal. This is the worst bit and it can only get better regardless of the prognosis.

I have just suffered a recurrence/mets and for me its easier to deal with now than the first time I heard the word.