Colon Cancer? Please help me - this is new

paula44 said:

apache4 -

I was also born 4/4! But my year was 1963! I'm 44 years old.

To everyone else - thanks so much. I feel better reading on here. My surgery is TOMORROW MORNING. I am terrified. I've had surgery before - I've had 4 abdominal surgeries (3 of them major) for "female" problems, but never anything like this. My surgeon has already told me that chances are I'm cancer free right now, but there's no way to know with "these things". He said my polyp has some benign cells but also some malignant ones. He said it either hasn't turned to cancer or it's just turned - it's very early. So removing 12" of colon and 10-20 lymph nodes seems awful invasive, but he assured me it's the best way, just to be sure. I welcome everyone's comments and experiences. It helps so much. Please pray for me. I'm so scared. Thanks!

Hi Paula! I just turned 43. I had small amounts of blood on toilet paper after bowel movements and went to the dr. in a few days. Saw GI and had a colonoscopy at the end of June. I was very freaked out, I didn't know what to expect. My biggest fear is that I have twins that are only 9 mos. old and I have to be here for them!

I was referred to 2 surgeons to talk about the resectioning surgery, and both Drs. said I would be OK, and to follow up with a colonoscopy, CEA tests, PET Scan and CT scan in November.

Part of me still feels like something wasn't right . . . even though my polyp was up higher and the surrounding tissues were normal, the whole thing just makes me nervous.

I can easily see how people "miss" this in its entirety. Especially being a woman, I could have thought the blood was spotting, etc.

How was your surgery?

Kathy