Hi everyone,

I am a worried daughter, looking to hear about people’s experiences. 

My mum is 68 and has recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer. She was picked up on the bowel screening and had no symptoms, so it came as a massive shock when they found a tumour during the colonoscopy. Initially they thought it was localised to the bowel and possibly the lymph nodes and she was scheduled to have an extended right hemicolectomy. However when they attempted to do that, they saw that it had spread to the peritoneal cavity. As such, they did not proceed with the surgery. 

She has started on Folfox and has just had her second infusion. We have just gotten her date for her scans post the first round of chemo in February and I can’t help but worry about the future or finding out the chemo isn’t working.

Thanks for reading.

Wishing you and your loved ones well.

Clara