Hi Beaumont44, 

I just wanted to say we are thinking of you during this stressful time. I guess the MDT meeting was today and I hope that you get an appointment soon to find out exactly what is going on. It's completely normal to be scared when dealing with all this uncertainty at the moment and after having been through all these tests. 

Let us know what you find out - you are not alone though and many members of our community have been through this before and will hopefully come and say hello soon and share their stories with you. While you are waiting, as there is nothing harder than waiting for a diagnosis, I thought I would share with you our helpful tips to help you cope while waiting for news. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi I got diagnosed with rectal cancer on 14th of August, I have oncologist meeting on weds this week to find out the treatment plan of chemo then surgery as I understand so far , im scared but positive , the doctor sounded positive its not spread anywhere , I keep reading of people with stoma and its something I know nothing about and scares me , thanks for listening. 

Roll on the 22 November.  You are getting there which is brillant.  So you will then have surgery? Xx

That's the plan yeah but I don't know when , they mentioned scan round about 18th Dec then I assume surgery will be just after Xmas xx

The scan to see if the tumour has shrunk? How big was your tumour? Xx

Yeah to see if shrunk , my tumour is 30 mm ..I had to look back on paperwork I'd forgot the size ! What size is your daughters? Xx

4cm xx

Have her bowel movements improved? Mine def have xx

Yes she is not in any pain now from the tumour no bleeding so a positive the chemo is working x

That's good news xx

Morning how are you? Did you have a good weekend.  It’s my granddaughter 3 birthday today, we had a party for her yesterday.  My daughter is in good spirits, no chemo has given her the time to recover physically and mentally.  So hopefully next week when she has chemo she copes better.  Your last one this week? Xx

Good morning I'm so glad to hear the rest is helping and you all had a nice time for your grand daughters birthday , nice to take your minds off things for a while , and yes fingers crossed she copes better next time , think again its just a case of no choice get on with it ! Yep my last one starts fri , im enjoying the week off too...lots of love xx

Good morning I'm so glad to hear the rest is helping and you all had a nice time for your grand daughters birthday , nice to take your minds off things for a while , and yes fingers crossed she copes better next time , think again its just a case of no choice get on with it ! Yep my last one starts fri , im enjoying the week off too...lots of love xx

Have a nice week off lots of love xx