My 27 year old daughter is having her colon removed on July 8th. There is a new procedure where she won't have a bag and she will keep her rectum. She does not have cancer, but the polyps shes has (hundreds) will turn to cancer if left in. Her home phone # is (407) 956-8896. She could give you the doctor's name if you want. She lives in Florida and her name is Melissa. You could tell her that her mother told you to call.
Prayers are with you. June
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From: Vicci Ewen[SMTP:vicci@wave.net]
Reply To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 1:28 AM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: [MOL] Adeno Carcinoma
Hi I'm new to this...I'm scared.....and I found this group by putting in
Adeno Carcinoma in Yahoo's search engine. My son (age 27) was diagnosed
with this cancer last Friday. He thought he had hemmoroids and so did the
doctor. The doctor told him to go home and forget it, as there is not much
we can do. My son said "No way". " I am in pain and your suppositories
aren't helping.""Send me to a Surgeon" An appt. was made for him and they
did a sigmoidoscopy, I believe. A biopsy was taken of what the first
doctor thought was a hemmoroid and 3 inches up inside of him a biopsy was
taken. These 2 biopsies were sent to 2 different labs by the surgeon.
They both came back, Adeno Carcinoma.
The doctor had scheduled a follow up for the next Fri. They called him to
schedule another procedure instead. They took pictures of his intestines
on Fri. am and we were to come back at 1:30. That's when the surgeon told
us that not in a million years did he expect to get the results he did from
the biopsy. The cancer is within 3 inches of his rectum so he said Rich
will have to have a colostomy for the rest of his life. Reason being, they
will have to remove to much of the muscles around his rectum, to get all
the cancer. This is about ALL I know right now. But I do have lots of
questions. Who do I ask? He is scheduled for surgery June 29, next
Monday. Do I need to do any checking on the Doctor? Do we need a 2nd
opinion? Will the insurance pay for a 2nd opinion. Will this affect his
bladder function? or his sexual functions? How long before he's on his
feet after surgery? The doctor said if this cancer had been up higher they
could have taken that part out and he would not need the colostomy. Since
my son was in dire pain and the doctor said cancer usually does not have
pain, where was this pain coming from? If it had been higher up I guess he
might not have had the pain and then we would not even know that he had
this cancer. I've read a few of the messages and will go back and read
more. If anyone wants to respond, please feel free. Thank you so much
The Mom
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