Hi 

not sure where to start with this or what I will get from this but my story goes like this: 

My mom was having some weight loss but still eating small meals a day so wasn’t concerned. Her toilet habits were still regular but she generally felt unwell and that something wasn’t right. She went to the GP had her bloods done and everything came back clear. She still insisted something wasn’t right down the right hand side of her tummy. She went back to the GP who said she couldn’t feel anything and to come back when she doesn’t feel well again. So she went back a week later and the GP finally felt a small lump in the right hand side of her tummy (at the bottom) she also complained of terrible lower back pain and Lower abdominal pain. We pushed through for a scan as my mom was in a lot of pain and we had the news that they think it’s a tumour on the right hand side of her colon. She had a MRI scan which also showed some mets on her spine (inconclusive from report) on her lungs also. She needed to have a colonoscopy which she did which in turn confirmed the cancer was there and it was malignant.

2nd Oct Mom was rushed to hospital due to dehydration and not eating she lost all appetite, they admitted her and completed her operation on 9th October to remove the tumour. This was a success but because my moms weight dropped to 5 stone they were severely concerned about her weight loss. Again she dipped, didn’t want to eat or drink but was getting out of bed walking around (with help of physios). She then developed an infection which she got over but again reminded she needed to eat so they put her on a feeding tube. Mom wasn’t allowed chemo until she built her strength up. The reports came back that mom had metastatic colon cancer, stage 4, also from the size of the tumour the surgeon reckoned that it was there for a good 4-6 years. We didn’t receive a prognosis as mom didn’t want to know or give her children the worry and heartache. Eventually the cancer got the better of her and after weeks of suffering, we believe the cancer had spread to her liver, lungs and spine. She took her last breath on 11.11.18 aged 58. 

We did not expect this outcome as my mom was a very strong woman and was never ill she was always a healthy fit lady. 

Has anyone else ever had something similar or know of anything similar? I’m just so confused as the only symptom she had was weight loss and loss of appetite, nothing showed up on her blood tests or no blood in her stool nothing! 

Thanks x