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my mums biopsy results from her surgery are ready...no possitive nodes the one tumor was t3 the other was t2 so i guess stage 2a right?And the best news is she dont need chemo...!!

Wonderful news! I was diagnosed as stage 2a in 2014 with a T3 tumor. No chemo and I have been in remission since surgery.

DarknessEmbraced wrote:Wonderful news! I was diagnosed as stage 2a in 2014 with a T3 tumor. No chemo and I have been in remission since surgery.

thats great..we are all so happy we expected it to be much worse as she had 2 tumors the one was 4cm which is big and it was low in rectum so we where shocked...!!! she does have a hopefully temp iliostomy..

Effie, I think I know how you and your mom feel
I have pretty similar situation, but only one large tumor 6.5 cm
In rectum/sigmoid . Great news and a relief, to find out it had not got farther in and lymphs
Involved.
I be interested to find out more about your moms, and others Ileosotmy reversals,
Chuck

C2WAVE2 wrote:Effie, I think I know how you and your mom feel
I have pretty similar situation, but only one large tumor 6.5 cm
In rectum/sigmoid . Great news and a relief, to find out it had not got farther in and lymphs
Involved.
I be interested to find out more about your moms, and others Ileosotmy reversals,
Chuck

hi there.its nice to hear other stories similar to yours.my mum only had her resection a month ago so we have to wait for reversal.have you had your surgery yet?do you know your stage.?

Your Mum is 6 days ahead of me. I had surgery on May 23rd. I believe I have stage 1.
I'm scheduled to meet surgeon on July 7th, to discuss Ileosotmy reversal. I was wondering
How soon it is wise to have it. I think the dr plans to look inside first to see how resection has healed,
Not sure how that's done.. Will be interested how your Mums is doing . Best wishes...

C2WAVE2 wrote:Your Mum is 6 days ahead of me. I had surgery on May 23rd. I believe I have stage 1.
I'm scheduled to meet surgeon on July 7th, to discuss Ileosotmy reversal. I was wondering
How soon it is wise to have it. I think the dr plans to look inside first to see how resection has healed,
Not sure how that's done.. Will be interested how your Mums is doing . Best wishes...

hi there.from what my mum has read the best time to have reversal is 3 months not earlier not later..i would also like to hear how you get on..All the best ...

C2WAVE2 wrote:Your Mum is 6 days ahead of me. I had surgery on May 23rd. I believe I have stage 1.
I'm scheduled to meet surgeon on July 7th, to discuss Ileosotmy reversal. I was wondering
How soon it is wise to have it. I think the dr plans to look inside first to see how resection has healed,
Not sure how that's done.. Will be interested how your Mums is doing . Best wishes...

Hi C2WAVE,

After my surgery and before my reversal, I did what they call a Barium Enema. Basically I think its iodine (I think) which is what your bowel gets filled up with. Yes its a tube up the bum. From there they roll you around abit then they take an x-ray. this will determine how u have healed and if there are any leaks at the connection site. I guess and only guessing is that if you have a leak then you maybe at risk of a perm bag.

Swirdfish, thanks for info .

Sounds very positive. Mine was T3N0(22 taken) MO. Surgery late Nov. 2013 and no worries so far. No chemo and no bag. Best wishes!