Hello Joannas,

Iam sending you hugs and so much love. Hold on to positive thoughts and listen to the oncology team.

This team with cancer nurses will do the best they can. Every day is worth living and fighting for and wishing your mum the best.

Hi Joanne 

In December 2019 my mother who was 82 at the time was diagnosed with Colon Cancer, the surgeon at the time was insisting in fitting a stent but my mother is like a Joan Collins - still full of youth and energy and she insisted open surgery, not even key hole!!! 

We were so worried about the surgery but needn't have.

The pre op told us that she would need a colostomy bag because it was in the sigmoid area, plus it was just going through the wall, she was marked and measured for one but she didn't need one.

She came home after 3 days in intensive care, two days on ward, she returned home and rested, food was a struggle for a couple of months, but if you need to ask anything later, just message me, I'll be happy to go through that on foods that were okay.

Results came back 3 weeks later stage 2b but they wouldn't give her chemo, it wasn't in lungs or liver and although she wanted a mop up they refused.

We are now two years ahead, plus all scans and monitoring were cancelled during the pandemic- another worry- but she's still here!!! She's got no evidence of disease, bowels are back to normal, she's back to normal and eating well, bowels are normal too.

I hope this reassures you, the consultants are really good in that field.

My sister also had bowel cancer, she had to have chemo as one lymph node was affected, but she's got no evidence of disease either.

My mother never took any alternatives but believes in the power of beetroot for everything high blood pressure- eat beetroot!  Headache  - eat beetroot!!! LOL

Any questions please ask

Let me know how everything goes 

Take care xxx

Thank you very much for your kind words!

Hi there lovely and thank you so much for your reply it has helped me immensely. We have just had news her tumour was 4cm in size and hasnt spread anywhere else but will know if its gone towards the lymph nodes after her operation. She is in good health and says she feels fine, as well as eating well and looking amazing too. 

Really pleased your mum is well and I have asked mum to look at eating more beetroot lol, so thank you...I will be eating more at this rate !!!

xx