My Mother (60) had a colonoscopy a couple of days ago and has been told she has bowel cancer - a tumor 6cm in length. She is now in the horrible wait period before the CT scan which is scheduled for next Wednesday to see whether it has spread beyond the bowel into the lymph nodes and/or onto the lungs/stomach etc.
They estimate that the tumor has been there 2-3 years. Is there anyone here that has had a similar diagnosis? The biggest fear at the moment is that the size of the tumor indicates that it may have spread beyond the bowel - but I have no basis for comparisson (i.e. whether 6cm is big/small/average).
Not quite sure what I am looking for but just felt this was the place to come in such circumstances.
