I had my regular colonoscopy on 4/11 and I had a partially obstructing structure. There was a mass that was presumed to be cancerous. I had a CT the same day. CT revealed that whatever was blocking my sigmoid was causing the area of colon above it to be filled up (kind of like a balloon). The CT also indicated that there may be lymph node involvement. I was referred out to a surgeon and he couldn’t see me for two weeks. Two days after my colonoscopy, I started running a fever so my appt was bumped up. I felt like the first surgeon wasn’t a good fit as he just wanted to remove my entire colon ao j sought a second and then a third opinion. During this tine, i was on a soft low residue diet. My surgery waa on 5/6 so about a month out. The main reason for getting me in so quickly was because of the partial blockage and the suspected infection (there was an abscess). But as mentioned above, colon cancer is slow growing. I had a colonoscopy 14 months prior to diagnosis so it had to have been missed before. Ideally, you want to be in the best possible condition for surgery so your body can recover. I loaded up on protein (shakes and eggs ) and was very healthy.

Your team should always be focused on what’s best for you, and if they felt it would adversely affect you to wait, they would bump you up.

Try not to stress about it as stress can really cause negative effects on your. Body!