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My journey with rectal cancer: What's your experience?
Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Oct 23, 2023 | Replies (61)Comment receiving replies
Welcome, @martin77. I'm tagging fellow members like @samanthaf @amariewilkinson @wilcy @fastrategizer who have experience with rectal cancer and may be able to share their experience about tumor location with you.
I'm wondering about the reason for your question about the tumor's location. Are you concerned that the location may affect treatment options or the outlook?
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Hello Colleen. I've had my anterior resection and now recovering back home. My tumour was high up which meant that the colon could be reconnected.
I think I made a comment that was not listed on the forum. Do you think members might be interested in hearing about my operation and what might happen in the future?
Kind regards
Martin
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Hello Colleen. Thanks for tagging fellow members.
Today I learnt from my consultant that the tumour is high up in the rectum (15cm/6") which I understand is good news. It means that potentially the colon can be attached to the rectum and this would avoid having a stoma bag. But this all depends on the results of the MRI liver scan I had done early today to see if it has spread to the liver. I shall know tomorrow when I see the consultant again. Fingers crossed!
Thanks for your support.