Chatback#9

[Lisasbolt]

She is beautiful, so much like a cat we used to have in the UK. So glad she is on the mend xx

[Lisasbolt]

Long story and have not put on here as quite personal but back in the end August my OH was experiencing tummy pains, after 4 days we went to the medical centre but the doctor did not know what it was, thought appendicitis or gastroenteritis so told us to go to the hospital, we nearly went home thinking if it got worse we would go as the hospital is 45 mins away but we carried on there, luckily we did. We spent 9 long hours in A&E whilst they did tests and scans, thinking the whole time it was nothing and getting angry with being in there. Then they called us through....my husband and i are only 30 and was not even told to sit down and was told he had bowel cancer and it was so bad that he would die within a couple of days if he did not have surgery as the tumour was so massive it had blocked everything and his body was poisoning him. Well what can i say it hit us like a tonne of bricks. We went through the next few weeks in hospital like zombies, i was able to stay with him 99% of the time and it really helped.

Well now we are a couple of months post op and have been waiting desperately for the next stages of his care and finally a hour ago we got the news that we are going to see oncology on Monday. I am so happy as the waiting is the worse part. We do know it has not spread anywhere else but he does have a lot of polyps so need to go through chemo etc The scary thing is that the tumour came from a polyp.

My husband, my other half is so brave and doing a wonderful job recovering.


I did not mean to end up saying it all it has just all come out, so thank you for listening.

[Bigmallly]

Oh dear Lisa, I am so sorry. I hope he has a speedy recovery. If it helps you feel better then nobody will mind you posting.................

[veggiechicken]

Big (((hugs))) to you both, Lisa.
We're always here to listen. We may not be able to help, physically, but you know we'll support you as much as we can.
Thinking of you both.

[lottie dolly]

OH Lisa,it is good to share and not bottle it all up,i cannot even begin to emagin what you are both going though,huggs to you both,together with good wishes,please feel free to keep us posted,thats what friends are for

[craftymarie]

Wishing you and your husband all the best as you go through this difficult time, Lisa. I'm sure you'll get a lot of support here and everyone will be rooting for you.

[noviceveggrower]

Glad to hear your husband is getting better. Glad to hear you feel better getting it off your chest. Its a very worrying time. My dad was diagnosed with leukemia this year. Its the waiting, not knowing and trying to keep everything 'normal' that's hard.

[Lisasbolt]

Thank you guys, it has been one of those years. So much horrible sh1te has happen but then again it could be so much worse. Think positive and glad we now know where we stand.

P.s can you swear on here, sometimes but rarely you need to :9

[veggiechicken]

Depends on your "swear" words
Some are treated like ***** fluid and ***** (asterisked out) automatically. Others, we edit!!

[lottie dolly]

Thank you guys, it has been one of those years..

P.s can you swear on here, sometimes but rarely you need to :9

You might be unable to swear on here,but can SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM,we will understand lass

[Lisasbolt]

Oh i thought i was being a good girl adding an e to the end of a word i need to learn the number works better
I will scream in future it does help.

P.s this is helping my post numbers maybe i will make it to 1000 in that special time Easter in January

[Bigmallly]

Easy Peasy & keep us updated on hubby's progress.

[Martin H]

Lisa, sorry to hear of what you've been through, although it really does sound like the crisis is over now.
I had surgery for bowel cancer earlier this year. Mine was nowhere near as developed as your OH's but it had spread to a couple of lymph nodes so I had to have chemotherapy. I am now three quarters of the way through so if your OH gets put on XELOX (Oxaliplatin drip and Capecitabine tablets, the standard NHS chemo treatment for bowel cancers) and if you'd like to share experiences, please PM me.

[Lisasbolt]

Hi Martin, We have decided to stay in Spain in the end to carry on treatment, but we may well still go back, but pretty sure it will be very similar treatment, just the waiting lists are meant be be in half over here.
I might pm you anyways if that is ok.
I hope you are no the way to recovery and the rest of your treatment goes well.

[Lisasbolt]

Sometimes i am such a moron............to be fair i was trying to talk another language which i am not great at.......was told the 5th of November and when looking at the calendar i did not change the month so was still looking at October whoops. So it is actually Thursday we are going, now i feel a little deflated. Never mind my own fault