Hi I have just come across this site/chat.
My hubby is 52 and had been ill since just after christmas with constipation, stomach pains, zapped energy and then started being sick. to cut a long story short, with a couple of visits to hospital and antibiotics, he was told it was diverticulitis. He was ok when on antibiotics but when finished, 2 days later he was bad again. Third visit to hospital and Xrays and CT Scans, it was shown he had a blockage. I have never seen him look so ill, with no energy. They operated and removed the blockage - 6 hour operation and then he was in hospital for 2 weeks. He has a colostomy bag at the moment with the intention to reverse this in the future.
We had an appointment for his test results for what they removed and it was cancer. they said it has been removed and not spread but he has to have chemotherapy.
1 point and 1 question to this post:
1. - always listen to your body and if it doesn't feel right, your body is telling you something is wrong. Seek medical advice. Try not to mask the symptoms with medication. It's always best to put your mind at rest and put into place action to get better. If he hadn't have gone to hospital - we would never have known. The surgeon has saved his life.
2. - Question - he has been out of hospital a month now, we are still awaiting the first appointment with the Chemo team. How long does it normally take to get the first appointment?
So far he has had a visit from the Stoma nurse - all going well, he had a cancellation appointment to get a PET scan at the hospital which he has had - we are still awaiting the results.
As he is military and I am ex-military, we are bit frustrated that we are not being kept in the loop and know what is happening. He is currently off work and I am at work.
update - appointment with stoma nurse yesterday, all seems to be going well.
MRI scan today, fingers crossed for good news xxxx
