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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / November 2005Colon Cancer
How agressive is colon cancer? What if it has aready started like when symptom show up. Is it a matter of weeks, months for it to spread? Thank you. > How agressive is colon cancer? What if it has aready started like when > symptom show up. Is it a matter of weeks, months for it to spread? > Thank you. Hello, those are difficult questions. My father's was diagnosed early due to symptoms caused by something else and he was cured surgically. We've had posters here with mets, for 2 or 3 years. We've had posters here who've been diagnosed with mets, who had no symptoms at all. (noticed a lump which turned out to be liver mets) and died within months. So it varies. Why? Are you having symptoms? Or have you been diagnosed? J Curiosity and to get an idea if I postpone one more month my appointment for a colonoscopy if that could have a big impact on cancer. But as far as I know I am OK. >> How agressive is colon cancer? What if it has aready started like when >> symptom show up. Is it a matter of weeks, months for it to spread? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Why? Are you having symptoms? Or have you been diagnosed? > J It depends on what your symptoms are, for example if your symptom is bleeding you may need immediate treatment, ditto for pain. If you physician is waiting one month I suspect, the doc feels low probability with a cancer diagnosis. Best of luck. > Curiosity and to get an idea if I postpone one more month my appointment > for a colonoscopy if that could have a big impact on cancer. But as far as [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Why? Are you having symptoms? Or have you been diagnosed? >> J Never postpone a colonoscopy. I did. Now I'm terminal. Do it! --Joe >Curiosity and to get an idea if I postpone one more month my appointment for >a colonoscopy if that could have a big impact on cancer. But as far as I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Why? Are you having symptoms? Or have you been diagnosed? >> J > Curiosity and to get an idea if I postpone one more month my appointment for > a colonoscopy if that could have a big impact on cancer. But as far as I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Why? Are you having symptoms? Or have you been diagnosed? >> J I second Joe's admonition. Get it done now. My GP and GI doc's waited 3 months to check, and it turned out to be cancer. Catch whatever it is earlier rather than later. Now have a round of radiation, 2 surgeries and 3 rounds of chemo - along with a permanent colonostomy. George > How agressive is colon cancer? What if it has aready started like when > symptom show up. Is it a matter of weeks, months for it to spread? > Thank you. My dad must of had it a while before they found it. He had been badly constipated and went to hospital in great pain. They removed the tumour and he had a few courses of chemo. He was given the all clear from it after about 2 years Alpha, Have it done now. I'm 45 and have a family history of Colon Cancer. I have a colonoscopy done every 5yrs. Had one done three weeks ago and they found something unusual in my Colon. I find out today more of the results, but I was told that they found B-Cell Lymphoma cells. Still doing research on this, but I'm extremely scared over this. Paul |
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