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I went to have my bypass and they found a mass in my transverse colon. I have traveled hundreds of miles and now have to get this taken care of then come back to have bypass. Has anyone had an issue like this? I am scared and they gave me little to no information on what to do. Any information welcomed.

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Your GP will now be the person you should go to. He or she will tell you what to do next.

What did they say about this "mass in the transverse colon"? Was a CAT scan done? A colonoscopy?

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No cat scan or colonoscopy were done. I now have to travel home and get a hold of my primary care doc and see where I go from here. The documents say they fixed the hiatal hernia and were getting prepared to connect the bypass and a large mass was found in transverse colon. So they then sent me to recovery.


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Please anyone please share. I if it could be cancer would rather know than not. How do the remove it ??


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It's not necessarily cancer, and if it is, colon cancer has very high survival rates- -greater than 90% at five years. No one can tell you what will happen (other than it'll almost certainly be surgically removed) because there are many things it could be. Wait for a diagnosis.

It's good you're finding it now before you have symptoms.

It's scary, but try to stay calm until you get a diagnosis. When my grandfather had colon cancer, the doctor told us that nearly all of his patients die of something else, years or decades after discovery. My grandfather died of COPD, completely unrelated and years later.



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Thanks so much I needed some support. I go home Friday and will have to make the plans. I am so scared. Thanks so much!


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Keri...I know this is hard but try and take it as a blessing they found it before things got worse for you. I'm a cardiac nurse and many of my patients I receive are ones who were having a workup for another type of surgery and discovered they had a serious cardiac issue that they had no clue they had. Basically allowing us to save their life. I know how disappointing it must be you weren't able to get your surgery but honestly this too could have saved your life. I will be praying for you. I hope you'll stay in touch and let us know how you're doing. [emoji847]

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I also am a cardiac nurse. I understand but it's so different when you are the patient. I am a Christian so have turned this over to God. Of course I still worry but there is nothing I can do. I get home to MT on Saturday and will take it one day at a time. Will be calling my primary care Monday to see where we go from here. Thanks and God Bless. I included the images they gave me.

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Praying for you Keri. Think positive and, as you have already done, allow God to handle it. Please keep us updated.

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I also am a cardiac nurse. I understand but it's so different when you are the patient. I am a Christian so have turned this over to God. Of course I still worry but there is nothing I can do. I get home to MT on Saturday and will take it one day at a time. Will be calling my primary care Monday to see where we go from here. Thanks and God Bless. I included the images they gave me.
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How are you doing? Have you seen another doctor?


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Hi. I started this process September 2016. I had a colonoscopy done in October 2016 and a 7cm mass was found. I had a right hemicolectomy on November 16 where they removed a foot of my colon including the secum and appendix. Thank God the mass was benign. The surgeon initially said I may have to get sleeved because of the surgery. Well I had gastric bypass on March 8th. So there is hope. I will be praying for you.



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Hi. I started this process September 2016. I had a colonoscopy done in October 2016 and a 7cm mass was found. I had a right hemicolectomy on November 16 where they removed a foot of my colon including the secum and appendix. Thank God the mass was benign. The surgeon initially said I may have to get sleeved because of the surgery. Well I had gastric bypass on March 8th. So there is hope. I will be praying for you.





Thanks for your response. I am very scared I go to the doctor this Friday as a blizzard closed the road on Thursday. I am just trying to be positive. Keri



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Thanks for your response. I am very scared I go to the doctor this Friday as a blizzard closed the road on Thursday. I am just trying to be positive. Keri




Hi Keri,

How are you doing? Were you able to get some answers?

Chryss


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