Firstly, I want to say I am not writing this for sympathy or pity, but just to let you know that I might be a missing link for a little while.
Over the last week things have not been easy in our lives(the family, that is)
Earlier in the year(April) my daughter was given the 'all clear ' after a cancer diagnosis.
At that appointment she was offered an opportunity to see a surgeon about her two hernias(a complication of having a stoma).
She accepted this because these are causing problems for her...reducing mobility and causing pain.
Her appointment came and she met with a lovely young man( he looks far too young to be a surgical consultant) called Mike Gill.
She was examined and asked when she had last had a colonoscopy(a camera examination of her large bowel)...she told him that it was quite a time...maybe three years.
His eyebrows shot up and he told her that it was usual to have these about once a year.....and said that one would be organised for her.
She had an appointment at Rossendale and was surprised to find that her examination was going to be done by this surgeon himself.
She watched the procedure on the TV screen and said it was fascinating being able to look into your own pipework.
Biopsies were taken and during the procedure it was noted that her stoma had sort of collapsed into istself.
The surgeon examined that area too and although he did not say much at the time there was an area of concern...so he biopsid that too.
It would be three to four weeks before any results would be back and then depending on those Mr Gill would determine a plan of action.
So when a letter dropped through her letter box a week last Saturday...just ten days after the examination, this set the alarm bells ringing.
To say that we were upset is an understatement...but we could not second guess what the situation was until seeing Mr Gill.
That was last Wednesday.
It seems that the cancer has returned and it is in the site of the stoma.
While this was unwelcome news, we had talked about what the outcome of the appointment might be.
I said that if cancer had been found then it was likely thet they would want to remove the rest of the large bowel....and that is what is going to need to be done.
It will be done in the next couple of weeks as a matter of urgency.
This is a very big operation...and not without risks....but it is necessary.
The recovery time will be long and hard.
As if my girl has not had enough difficult things in her life, that it has to hit her with this.
so I might not get much time to blog....I willl be taken up doing as much as I can to try and make things easier(though, right now I am not sure just HOW I will do this...other than maybe doing some cooking or other home duties)
Keep your fingers and toes crossed that things go well for my daughter.
Over the last week things have not been easy in our lives(the family, that is)
Earlier in the year(April) my daughter was given the 'all clear ' after a cancer diagnosis.
At that appointment she was offered an opportunity to see a surgeon about her two hernias(a complication of having a stoma).
She accepted this because these are causing problems for her...reducing mobility and causing pain.
Her appointment came and she met with a lovely young man( he looks far too young to be a surgical consultant) called Mike Gill.
She was examined and asked when she had last had a colonoscopy(a camera examination of her large bowel)...she told him that it was quite a time...maybe three years.
His eyebrows shot up and he told her that it was usual to have these about once a year.....and said that one would be organised for her.
She had an appointment at Rossendale and was surprised to find that her examination was going to be done by this surgeon himself.
She watched the procedure on the TV screen and said it was fascinating being able to look into your own pipework.
Biopsies were taken and during the procedure it was noted that her stoma had sort of collapsed into istself.
The surgeon examined that area too and although he did not say much at the time there was an area of concern...so he biopsid that too.
It would be three to four weeks before any results would be back and then depending on those Mr Gill would determine a plan of action.
So when a letter dropped through her letter box a week last Saturday...just ten days after the examination, this set the alarm bells ringing.
To say that we were upset is an understatement...but we could not second guess what the situation was until seeing Mr Gill.
That was last Wednesday.
It seems that the cancer has returned and it is in the site of the stoma.
While this was unwelcome news, we had talked about what the outcome of the appointment might be.
I said that if cancer had been found then it was likely thet they would want to remove the rest of the large bowel....and that is what is going to need to be done.
It will be done in the next couple of weeks as a matter of urgency.
This is a very big operation...and not without risks....but it is necessary.
The recovery time will be long and hard.
As if my girl has not had enough difficult things in her life, that it has to hit her with this.
so I might not get much time to blog....I willl be taken up doing as much as I can to try and make things easier(though, right now I am not sure just HOW I will do this...other than maybe doing some cooking or other home duties)
Keep your fingers and toes crossed that things go well for my daughter.
