Newly diagnosed aged 28

[Wishingonastar]

Thanks Cathy, I plan on dancing with my husband at their weddings. I have to hope anyway that with a lot of medicine & a lot of luck that dream can happen.
I've been refered to genetics but initial tumour testing looks like it's not lynch so that's great news for my family. My parents are in their early 50s no health problems & my mums taken 6months off work to help with the kids while I'm on chemo. They hate that it's me & not them. My inspiration is a friends mum- she was diagnosed in 1992 with aggressive breast cancer (my friend & her brother were babies). She felt like me but now she's in her 50s healthy and has raised her kids. My children need me so doing my best for them xx

[Lisa90]

Hey!

Welcome to the board. I was diagnosed a little under 2 weeks before my 25th birthday - I'm quite glad to see another "kid" here

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis though - it's great that you are so positive.

Take care,
Lisa

[DarknessEmbraced]

I was diagnosed with stage 2a colon cancer(T3N0M0) on October 29th, 2014 at age 36. I had half of my sigmoid and half of my rectum removed. No chemo. My first post op colonoscopy was clear and my ct scans were clear as well. Currently NED. I am waiting to get genetic testing done. I'm in Atlantic Canada and there is only one testing facility here so the wait is 18 months. Hope that your chemo goes well. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[JudeD59]

Welcome and I hope you'll find lots of stories and information to help you on your journey here on this board. Everyone is kind and supportive and very willing to answer questions. You have a very good attitude and that's half the battle. I'm betting on you to still be on the dance floor at your children's weddings when the waiters are clearing off the tables and packing up to go home!

Don't be afraid to ask any question. There are no stupid or silly questions and feel free to share any rants, large or small, you need to get off your chest. I must have used the search box a thousand times since I was diagnosed. It's a great resource.

Judy

[Wishingonastar]

Thankyou, to be honest I'm terrified but trying to remember I don't need a miracle, just a large bit of luck! My medical team are hoping it won't come back & they have lots of success stories even after recurrence.
I have a few good factors in my favour, low cea, not high grade, low LNR, high Hb it's just the bloody nodes! But if I'd had radiation/chemo first they may have come back clean (as the MRI suggested they were) & we'd all think I was stage 2a... Just shows stage is so variable & ultimately you're either 0% or 100%. Fingers crossed for the latter!
Hope everyone has a cancer free 2016 and every year after that too! Xx

[stu]

Hi.
Enjoy your time with your family. For sure there is every likely hood that this will become part of the fabric of your past. You have a robust scanning programme and the tremendous liver unit on your doorstep as an insurance policy with the surgeon to the Queen operating on people like my mum on the NHS and the same liver is still clear 4 1/2 years later. Every reason to enjoy your family for many years to come.
Merry Christmas and many more to you.
Stu

[Wishingonastar]

Thanks Stu, so pleased your mum is doing well. My care has been fantastic- diagnosed on a Thursday, staging scans the next day & operated on the Monday. People knock the NHS but my doctors really do care (plus my husbands a GP so I'm biased & know how hard they work!). This Christmas is tough emotionally but as my husband points out- last year we were in blissful ignorance but I had cancer. This year I definitely don't, whether it comes back or not no one knows but if it does I will fight with everything I have to raise my kids.
Totally unrelated but my great gran was shot in the heart accidentally as her brother fooled around with their dads pistol (it was the 1920s). She survived somehow despite the life threatening surgery, she died at 89 of a stroke in her sleep. This is my bullet & I'm trying my best to dodge it. Merry Christmas Stu to you and your family xx

[Bob Bones]

Have you looked into or been tested for Lynch Syndrome?

[Wishingonastar]

Hi,
My tumour looks to be non-lynch & I've been referred for DNA testing but looks like this is down to bad luck. Would be extra ironic if I am lynch positive given my surname is funnily enough... Lynch