Mass found on my Sigmoid Colon: Scared and wondering what's next?

Me also, how are u Joey?

I was also naive to think the blood was from hemorrhoids, I’ve had them since the birth of my 2nd child. Wish I would have listened to my doc when he said “get a colonoscopy”! But I have had no symptoms. Besides an ache in my right side that my PCP treated for a kidney infection.
Not sure when my surgery is. Let us know how surgery goes, I’m sure you’ll come thru it just fine!

How do u feel Cole? I have a less than 1 cm tumor on my sigmoid colon that I will have removed, and a couple tiny spots on my liver. That were found at my CT, I had an MRI on Sat and I’m scared what that will show.

Hola a mí me paso algo parecido y fui operado en enero de este año, gracias a Dios todo salió bien y tengo una vida normal, no tuve necesidad de tratamiento, espero que siga así solo me toca hacer mis chequeos que me manda el médico.

Suerte y todo le salga bien.

Great news on the CEA levels. Wish you the best on your surgery. Keeping positive thoughts.

My CEA level has dropped from 29.8 to 7.6. I have colon surgery scheduled for the end of this month then will have liver surgery. Positive thoughts were beneficial both mentally and physically to me.

I have not yet had surgery. I will have that the end of this month. I did have a biopsy both from colon and liver. Both were Adenocarcinoma. My initial symptoms that I recognized were loss of appetite, weight loss, lower abdominal pain. Looking back I had a few more symptoms that I ignored such as blood in stool( thought it was just hemorrhoids) changes to stool, fatigue and so on.

Hello @coles2361 and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am glad that you found this forum as it is a great place to both give and receive support.

While you have mentioned various chemo and radiation treatments you have not mentioned when (or if) you have had surgery. I'm sure that this must have occurred though.

If you are comfortable sharing more, what type of symptoms were you having that led to this diagnosis? Also, if a biopsy was done, what type of cancer cells were found?

Thank you for your reply. Research showed Mayo to be best. I am just worried as to what my husband will face in the coming months. Have you seen improvements in your tests? Have CAE levels dropped? Have you had the mass in colon removed? Are you in a trial?

I wish I had come to Mayo first! I am in a similar situation. My 5cm mass is where sigmoid and rectum connect. I also have spots on my liver and lymph nodes near tumor. I’ve been thru 8 rounds of Folfox chemo (4 months) then 27day of radiation/chemo (xeloda) combo. Protein shakes have been a must for me. I don’t always have an appetite or can consume many calories . I’m 47 and was diagnosed in march of this year. I’m no expert by any means but will gladly share what I know.