Mum's Consultant has just telephoned me with some good news and some bad news: they have definitely kicked the cancer into touch for the time being and Mum has responded well to the Chemo. He wants to finish off the treatment but at a later date.
In the meantime, this lump they found is a benign diverticulitis growth that is on or near her bowel. They have had a meeting and plan to operate sometime next week and remove it. The operation is semi-major but hopefully it will lead to a good recovery.
Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease particularly found in the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed.
Source = Wikipedia
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