Hi ,

My daughter who is just 21 had rectal bleeding , pain cramping and either constipation or diarrhea since last october. Because of her age we all assumed (including our GP) that it was piles and she was treated for that . Eventually when it wasn't getting better she was sent for sigmoidoscopy . They found a 1 cm polyp which was sent to lab, we were called to hospital last week to be told that it contained cancer and that here was also cancer in the blood vessel, she will need further investigation and will need to have that part of her bowel removed . I'm absiolutely terrified , I've already lost my mom, dad and older brother (aged 42 when he died) to cancer. Their cancers were lung and throat but my sister in law had bowel cancer at age 43 , thanksfullly she 10 years on and doing well.

My daughter had a ct scan of her torso yesterday and we are meeting the consultant on monday to discuss the results of ct scan and what happens next. 

I'm just wondering if its possible that she will need chemotheraopy as blood vessels are involved ? How will this effect her fertility ?, We're going crazy with questions and monday seems like a long time away..