Hello,

            sorry to read about your Mum, l assume that the tumour has been confirmed as cancerous. 4cm would suggest it would be in the stage two range, the size is not so important as the degree of  penetration of the bowel wall. Too soon for surgery could point to chemo/radiotherapy to stop the spread and shrink the tumour before surgery If  that is required at a later date. That was the case with myself ten years ago when diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer with subsequent spread to the liver.

Its early days and although its all too easy to think of the worst,please remember you only usually hear of the bad outcomes,the good ones are far too busy getting on with life to post here.Since every cancer is different,you really have to wait for your Mums individual assessment and subsequent action plan, meanwhile the good news is that the wheels are in motion and once all the multi disciplinary team have had their meeting,you will have a clearer picture of the road ahead.

hopefully you should hear within a few weeks,in the meantime stay calm and refrain from second guessing the outcome,

                                       best wishes,

                                                           David

hiya david   was reading ur post and seem u had stage 4 and into liver   as your  posting  you have to had come though it good  what was your treatments   my hubby was same as you in dec  operated  and put on immumotherly   until now  doing good  but test for liver are a little high dr thinks it the immumotherpy  as every thing else is really good all bloods good and weight and everything  

how have you got on in ten years  and good for ya 

Hello Hanna606,

                           sorry for the delayed reply but l have just had a brief hospital stay as my bowel decided to go on strike and stop working,fifth time now in eight years, but it always manages to kick back into life  within 36 hours. Very painful at the time so thank goodness for morphine to see you through the first 24 hours. to put this in perspective a 60 hour stay in hospital saw me back home where l picked up the tasks l had previously left straightaway

My treatment was 30 days chemo/radiotherapy pre surgery---bowel resection/liver resection with stoma----18 weeks post surgery chemo---stoma reversal.Had a very interesting and highly active five year period following reversal, but nothing that really stopped me from carrying on with my livestock farming as before. As always with major surgical intervention you gain a few extra passengers you would rather not have,but with a few adjustments and a get on with it mentality,nothing that really stops you from achieving.

                                          Hope your Husband continues with his progress,its always good to hear of others on the path to recovery,

                                                   Take care,

                                                                      David