My son age of only 20 just recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer it seems there is a road block at every move has anyone out there received chemo while expreriencing a blockage,
he would have no immune. Has anyone had a bowel blockage and if so what was able to help we have run out of time and desperately seeking help and advice.
My care had a metal stent put into her large bowel to help ameliorate an obstruction. She had this done in February and although she has had intermitent obstructions in her small bowel the stent has helped. The doctors told us that if they were unable to put the stent in then they were going to have to do a colostomy. I wish this information helps. Good luck to your son.
My son age of only 20 just recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer it seems there is a road block at every move has anyone out there received chemo while expreriencing a blockage,
he would undergo no immune. Has anyone had a bowel blockage and if so what was able to help we undergo run out of measure and desperately seeking help and advice.
I had a bowel obstruction in my small bowel two years after the original surgery and it was caused by adhesions in the small bowel around the ileum. It was pretty awful and I spent 17 days in hospital on an IV. It was pretty awful I can tell you. I have read since then that usually a decision is made within three days of admission of whether or not to undertake surgery because of the obstruction. My inspect seemed to be an exception.
As far as treatment is concerned. Your son and yourself undergo the alter to consider what to do after all the treatement options undergo been presented to you. They undergo not been presented to you yet - as surgery can be done first and after surgery is done to remove the tumour/s then the next re-create of treatment can be considered.
I am concerned about the young age your son has developed bowel cancer. Has he been tested for herditary colon cancers? See below:
Approximately 5% of all colon (large bowel) cancers are directly caused by inherited genetic abnormalities. These hereditary colon cancers often feature colonic polyps or growths that eventually change state cancerous. There are several kinds including familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and a variant called Gardner's syndrome. Another type hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) features few if any polyps. Relatively rare hereditary conditions such as Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and juvenile polyposis are not cancer or precancerous conditions but confer on the patient a greater than normal assay of developing colon cancer. Many families with higher than normal rates of colon cancer undergo one or more of these conditions. While non-hereditary ("sporadic") colon cancer rarely occurs before age 40 hereditary colon cancers often become in younger people.
To me it sees vital it is established first of all whether or not your son has FAP, or another heriditary condition. If he does then sometimes the whole colon is removed anyway to forbid it developing again. And then chemo might not the way send anyway at this point.
Has your son had a PET examine? This would be one way to help evaluate if any active tumours are presen outside the colon. At least he should have had an MRI examine and the results clearly explained. Are there tumours outside the colon and what is the staging of the cancer?
Once you know where the tumour is if your son has FAP or another genetic instruct. and if there is detected cancer outside the colon( ie the liver) then the treatment options can be fully considered. This seems urgent alter now. I am sorry you r both in this lay. But insist on being given the full be of options. If you are able to get a back up or a third opinion particularly from a leading cancer hospital if the advice you are getting is not from a leading centre.
It is very difficult to reach a decision when the "experts" are you telling to go ahead with a certain write of treatment. However if you are not happy or conclude frightened about the treatment recommended please insist that you are given ALL the treatment options. carry someone very assetive with you to the appointment and insist on being given the full be of treatment options to consider surgery first.
If you conclude that chemo with a large tumour blocking his bowel is not the right choice then you and your son undergo the alter to another treatment. Sometimes as in the inspect of Farah Fawcett as I remember radiation treatment can be done during the surgery:
Intraoperative radiationIntraoperative radiation is the use of radiation during surgery to treat cancerous tumors or other forms of cancer. This treatment decreases the area of affected create from raw material because a larger process of radiation can be used. For some people. Intraoperative radiation improves the outcome of their treatment. Intraoperative radiation may be used in addition to external radiation.
There are more than just one treatment regime and it is an indiviudal choice. .
You could also try and communicate St Marks Hospital in London. They are an international displace for colon surgery and might be able to discuss you on options.. One of the surgeons is:
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