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Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 14 3:59pm | Replies (275)Comment receiving replies
Hello @caring1962 and welcome to Mayo Connect. I appreciate you sharing about your husband's journey with colon cancer. It certainly is a journey that none of us really wanted to take. Will he be having follow-up scans or other tests in the near future? You might find a new discussion on eating after digestive tract surgery helpful. Here is a link to the discussion, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-do-i-eat-after-digestive-tract-surgery/.
I hope he is feeling stronger. Did he lose a lot of weight during the treatment?
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Hello Teresa, thank you so much for the helpful link. My husband thankfully did not lose any weight during his chemo treatment. He has been having regular blood work and some scans, during his treatment. Now that he is done his chemo he has a CT scan scheduled soon and he will be having a DNA blood test, as opposed to a regular blood test. The dna blood test will be very telling and we hope and pray to get negative results. Other than some nerve pain to his hands and feet and being very tired (during his treatment), he has tolerated the side effects very well.
I do most of the food planning and cooking and I ensure he is eating the right kinds of food.
Once again, thank you for reaching out and I appreciate this forum for its insightfulness.