Would just like to pass on my story to hopefully give others in the same situation, hope.

I was admitted into hospital November 22 with an appendicitis, all went well with the procedure and I was discharged the next day. The following week I received a call from the hospital asking me to come in and see a consultant, I thought it was just a follow up but it was not. The colorectal consultant informed me that when they removed the appendix it was sent to pathology, they found a cancerous tumour in it. He advised that I have a CT scan and a colonoscopy followed by a right hemicolectomy.

I had the CT scan a few days after Christmas and the colonoscopy in January, no cancer was found in either, so I was hopeful that the planned surgery was not now necessary. But that was not the case as the consultant explained that until that section of colon is removed they could not test the lymph nodes.

I was admitted into hospital February 6 and had the surgery the same day, even though it was classed as a major procedure I found it not too bad, my recovery went well and I was discharged 4 days later. The following week I received a call from the hospital saying that all the tests from pathology had come back negative. I can’t tell you what a relief that was, I was told the there was no need for chemo and that they would contact me in 12 months to have another CT scan and colonoscopy. So at the moment, it looks as if I am cancer free.