Here we go again. Colon cancer is back.
My (38m) grandma (94) had a colectomy last year. It went pretty well and they didn't detect any spread at the time. We had multiple discussions about it and she said she didn't want to follow up with oncology because she'd rather just not know and not be worried.
Well we went to the ER yesterday because of urine retention and in the process of looking at her bladder and constipation, they saw likely signs that the cancer has returned to her colon.
I feel horribly guilty that I should have pushed more on oncology follow ups. We did discuss it several times and she has been to her primary care doctor (obviously) as well as other doctors since. She is pretty sharp overall but she keeps thinking she had bladder surgery a year ago instead of colon surgery, which makes me feel even more guilty for not pushing on it more.
Next few months are going to be difficult as well because my guess is she will now opt for treatment which is going to be brutal on a 94yo who had a stroke and colectomy within the last 18 months. Please tell me I'm not a huge steaming pile of shit for being lazy.