Bowel Cancer stage 3

Hello my father has been diagnosed  with stage 3 bowel cancer and we are waiting on MRI for his liver he had the MRI today ...I just soo numb and worried stressed .The nurse said a week  before  the MRI that he has somthing on his liver but they might be cysts .....Just don't know what too think tbh.. we are from Ireland...just found out last week the news they said so fare all they know is its  stage 3 for now ..... my heart is skinking feeling since i heard the news like bad dream ........He went to doctors few times in the last 12months  after wiping and seeing bit of blood ....... they just thought it was piles or tear ....He had very loose stools for about 3 months and the doctors just thought it was maybe a side effect of antidepressants.........

  • Hello Sean9,

                        l can really understand your worries,but do not lose sight of the fact that it is really early days and that even with spread to the liver ,successful treatment may well be possible.You may well face a very long journey in front of you,so best to try and stay on level ground and pace yourself,depending on facts as they become apparent,rather than jumping to fearful scenarios.l say this as one who is 7 yrs on from stage 4 colon cancer with subsequent spread to liver with 60% excised,and living life to the full.

                                                                                                                                                      l hope it goes well for your father and he has a successful outcome,

                                                                                             David