Hello Jaxcats and thanks for posting,

I can appreciate that this is a difficult situation to be in, and I think a lot of people would be feeling unnerved or scared, but this could just be a precancerous polyp so try not to let fear run away with you and do your best to keep an open mind. 

Early bowel cancer is a potentially curable disease, and very often when the cancer is removed, the bowel can be re-joined without needing a stoma. But try not to dwell overly on what will happen if this does turn out to be cancer and do your best to take things one step at a time.

Uncertainty is hard to cope with, and I expect you will be feeling uneasy until you have the scan results.  A lot of people turn to the internet to look for answers, but they are seldom to be found there and you can end up going around in fruitless circles and fret even more. So try and resist it and do what you can to distract yourself.

Other people's circumstances might not mirror yours very well, so bear this in mind if someone else comes along and posts.

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Best wishes, 

Julia