Hello everyone! I'm new here but have been a lurker for over a month. I'm a wife to a wonderful husband and a mother to a crazy 3 year old. Last month at 32 years of age I was diagnosed with stage IV Colon cancer (SRCC). It has been a whirlwind since then and very much overwhelming. I was angry, confused and shocked with the results but I had to go on and fight this for my family. Reading posts on here really helped me a lot with dealing with all this. I just wanted to say thank you.
It started last year around September when I first felt symptoms. I would feel really bad gas pains but nothing would come out when I went to the bathroom. When I was able to go there was blood in the stool. Unfortunately around the same time my period had stopped so the doctors were leaning more with reproductive issues with maybe IBS. I had a history of ulcers and gastritis so I didn't question it. As time went by the frequency of pains lowered but the pain when I did have episodes were worse. I threw up everything and could eat for a few days. Finally my doctor ordered a colonoscopy done on March 1st. Found a 10cm x 6cm mass in my Sigmoid Colon. A couple weeks later it was determined to be cancerous. Then diagnosed with stage IV with mets to my abdominal lining. I had a ileo loop done on April 6th to help with the obstruction while I go through chemo. The week after, my oncologist said my cancer type was SRCC. Ugh...
Im on FOLFIRI and will finish my 5FU (46hrs) today. First day in the chemo suite I was so nauseous and continued to feel that way all day. Yesterday I felt better with the 5FU. 1st round almost done. My oncologist said if everything goes well ill be doing the HIPEC procedure after 6mos of chemo.
Thank you for taking your time to read my story.