"My fiance's cancer"

My Fiance did her bowel screening test as normal. A short time after she got a letter informing her that there was an issue and she was being referred for a colonoscopy which she had on the Friday after we got engaged on the Wednesday. They found a tumor in her bowel. We were told this by the colorectal nurse. It was a shock as you can imagine. She was then scheduled for a CT scan then we had a meeting with the surgeon (Mr Payne) and she was scheduled for an operation. She had the operation the following Tuesday and was in ward 10 for 10 days before being discharged. All in all this took one month from diagnosis to discharge!!! We are still waiting to hear if she will require any further treatment but things are looking good. 

We would like to thank everyone involved from the bowel screening service, the colorectal nurses, the surgeon and theatre staff and the staff in ward 10 at Ninewells hospital. I feel that there is a lot of negativity surrounding the NHS but in our experience we cannot do anything but heap praise on all the staff and services for the difficult and demanding jobs they all do. It brings tears to my eyes just writing this and they are tears of gratitude for all that has occurred and in such a short time frame.

Well done all. We send our love and heartfelt thanks.