How long was the time between diagnosis to surgery for you?

My colon cancer stage 4 surgery was 2 month after diagnosis.

My diagnosis for colon cancer stage 4 was in January 2019, my surgery was on March 1 2019, (so 2 month later.)
Margreet

It's encouraging to hear from Colleen that colon cancers are slow growing. In my case I was diagnosed on 11 October and then had a CT scan, two MRI scans, two meetings with my consultant, one of which he marked the tumour with a pre-operation tattoo (my first ever!) and then the operation on 4 November. This was under our NHS system in the UK. And this week I'm starting a course of chemo, privately, and so it's all been a bit of a whirlwind.
maya8238 - it sounds if waiting until the end of January is not too serious and I hope you have a good Christmas in the meantime.

Actually what you said is a huge reassurance! I so
Appreciate this. Thank you!!

Thank you for sharing this experience. It helps to know what others have been through

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!

@maya8238, I know this is of little reassurance, but remember colon cancers are very slow growing. For my dad, the time between diagnosis (stage 3b) and surgery was also 2+ months because an unknown heart issue was discovered during testing that needed to be resolved before he could have surgery. There was no significant change in tumor size and no spread during that time. Members like @lisag03 @martin77 @mothermary1 @leed2022 @virgo1952 @apinzonc0627 can perhaps share what the time from diagnosis to surgery was like for them.

I'm sure the holiday schedule affects the length of time. Have you asked to be on a cancellation list? Not sure if that exists, but worth the question.