Mass found in transverse colon

Posted by tamobillings @tamobillings, 5 days ago

Hi, I’m 53 and had colonoscopy after thinking I had a gluten intolerance to find out there was a blockage that was a mass in my transverse colon. There is no family history and I previously had a normal colonoscopy 7 years ago. I have a follow up to learn the biopsy report and I guess to find out what’s next. I do know surgery will happen no matter what but I’m not sure what I should be asking ?? I guess wait to get the final pathology report? I’m healthy workout 3-4 times a week, don’t drink, don’t smoke. I’m still just shocked

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rjjacobsen | @rjjacobsen | 4 days ago

I think that's one of the times where a "wait and see" approach and awaiting the pathology report is proper.

It's hard to do so without feeling some sense of fear/dread/panic - the main thing is to understand at this point is whether cancer or something else, it is very likely to be treatable.

All the best to you.

tamobillings | @tamobillings | 4 days ago

The report said Infiltrative and when I look this up it keep saying metastatic… I won’t know until we meet this week for biopsies and I’m trying to not Google it for sure… thank you, yes I need to wait and see.