Hi Helen, welcome to the forum, but sorry for the reason you find yourself here. I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2010 and had a colon re-section. I received chemo for about 5 months after but I was so sick from it that they had to discontinue the treatments. I do continue with scans now, even though it is 5 years since my initial diagnosis. The cancer has not returned in my colon, but I now have colorectal lung cancer, which is an offshoot of the colon cancer. I also have bladder cancer, (not related) so I'm not sure if I would be still having the abdominal scans if I didn't have these other two cancers. In any case, to answer your question, I can relate to your anxiety when waiting for scan results. Sometimes the wait is worse than hearing the results. Let us know how your scan results turn out. I hope you don't have to wait to long for them.
Hi Helen, welcome to the forum, but sorry for the reason you find yourself here. I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2010 and had a colon re-section. I received chemo for about 5 months after but I was so sick from it that they had to discontinue the treatments. I do continue with scans now, even though it is 5 years since my initial diagnosis. The cancer has not returned in my colon, but I now have colorectal lung cancer, which is an offshoot of the colon cancer. I also have bladder cancer, (not related) so I'm not sure if I would be still having the abdominal scans if I didn't have these other two cancers. In any case, to answer your question, I can relate to your anxiety when waiting for scan results. Sometimes the wait is worse than hearing the results. Let us know how your scan results turn out. I hope you don't have to wait to long for them.
