Hi

My partner was diagnosed with rectal cancer in June 23. He had 5 weeks of chemo pills and radiotherapy as the doctor felt the cancer was very close to the bladder wall so wanted to try and shrink it before removing. Thankfully this worked and the cancer was removed earlier this year. However they class him as having Stage 3 due to finding possible traces in just 1 lymph node. He is due to start intravenous chemo with pills every 3 weeks for 3 months, at which point they will re-scan to see if that's all that's needed or to undergo a further 3 months.

This stage 3 diagnosis came as a bit of a shock as when the surgeon spoke to us following the op and the results from the samples removed,  we thought this round of chemo was precautionary. 

I just wondered if anyone else had gone through this and what happened next? Trying to stay positive but this has been such a hard journey and we thought pre-op, we could see light at the end of the tunnel.