Hello All.
My 52 yo husband had his first colonoscopy on Aug. 6th due to blood in stool and weight loss. They found a 10cm long tumor that completely wrapped the sigmoid wall of his intestines. Surgery has been scheduled for Aug. 25th. Not soon enough in my book.
His tumor is approximately 7 inches above his rectum and the surgeon feels confident he call leave 3 inches from the rectum to resection so he won't need a colostomy bag. Right now, my husband bleeds a lot. With each BM, the toilet is bloody. He has woke up in the morning and found blood on his side of the bed from the bleeding too.
We don't know what stage he is yet, the colorectal surgeon suspects II or III but won't know until after surgery. My question is this...when the tumor is bleeding, can it be breaking off cancer cells and sending to the blood stream prior to expelling his body? I am extremely worried that he will have mets as he waited so long to have the colonscopy.
I know this is a site for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers and I don't expect anyone to be a doctor. Just curious if anyone has comments about bleeding tumors.
Thanks and God bless to everyone.