New to the Forum

Hi Everyone

This is the first time I've posted to any forum but could really do with somewhere to just chat and find out about others experiences.

In August 2014 my darling husband was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer. He had a right hemi-colectomy in October 2014 and despite a few setbacks immediately after surgery he has been recovering really well. He had a recent check up where everything seemed absolutely fine until we received a call out of the blue this week to say that this blood tumour marker test had shown a rise.  He wasn't told anything else other than he needed to go back and have the test repeated.  Does anyone have any experience of this which they can share with me please? 

On top of this my wonderful dad has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer and we are waiting on the results from his ct scan to find out what treatment he requires.

i don't usually let things get me down but right now I just feel that there is no end to this horrible disease!

Thank you for the opportunity to vent! xx

  • Hi there Golden, welcome to the forum, but of course, sorry you find yourself here for the reason that you do. Its' understandable that your would be down right now because having two important people in your  life dealing with cancer is a tough pill to swallow. I'm sorry you are going through this. I have a history of colon cancer and had a colon re-section, but there were cancer cells in my lympth nodes. As a result, I now have colorectal cancer in my lung. In any case, I've been battling this cancer thing now for over 6 years and I'm still here to talk about it. Granted, everyone is different and I can't speak to your husband or your Dad's situation. Often though, once a diagnosis of cancer is received, we are never the same after. It is life-altering for sure.

    Just know that you can come on here any time and vent whenever you need to and you will find people on here understand where you're coming from. Keep us updated on how things go for your husband and your Dad. It really helps to write your feelings down and get them out there. Its' much better than bottling it all up inside. People on this forum are very caring and supportive.

    Take care.

    Lorraine