Hiya . 
Absolutely fantastic news . I am so pleased that you're recovering well and that the surgery was successful. I've been thinking of you and have kept my fingers crossed all went well. 

That's one thing ticked off and once the path report comes back you'll know the next stage of the plan . I found my mental well-being improved significantly after surgery and felt most of the time that whatever else came my way I could cope with . 
It certainly sounds like they're taking good care of you and it's the best place to be just now even though you've been stalled a bit . It will be good to get home though ! 
I'm doing ok thanks . Had Onco appointment last Wednesday and had my planning CT for radiotherapy today . The staff are lovely and  I start a 5 day course on 9/5. I'm hoping  that there won't be any more curve balls thrown in and I can just concentrate on recovering both mentally and physically properly . Your news has totally lifted my spirits though and I'm feeling really positive for both of us now . 
keep in touch and let me know how things are going for you , and thank you for posting tonight . With any luck when you post again you'll be further on in your recovery and heading for home . 

Hiya 

thank you so much for your support . Both of us are further forward now and going through our treatment . 
this forum is a great place to voice our concerns and give support to each other as well as gain much needed info . 
hope you're doing well too x

Hi, 

I have been wondering how you are doing as it’s been a wee while now since I last posted.

I have had some ups and downs over the past few weeks however I am slowly recovering from my surgery. I did not want to update until I had some feedback from Pathology. I had a call this morning from the Colorectal Nurse and it's all looking very promising. They managed to remove the whole tumour along with 30 lymph nodes and some blood vessels. She said this was a really good number of nodes for testing purposes. There was no evidence of spread to the nodes. There was some indication of spread to the blood vessels however they are confident this was contained to the blood supply to the tumour itself. The good news is that there will be no need for chemotherapy.

What I find a bit strange is that I thought I would be elated at such good news but I am not. I don't really know how I feel. I think maybe that because the past 6 months has been so difficult that right now I just feel kind of drained. I was overcome with emotion when I came off the phone and I cried.

It would be nice to hear how things are with you.

I would like to thank Petrolrainbow for your kind words and apologise for not responding at the time of your post. As you have observed finding support from someone who can truly empathise with your situation is priceless.