Has anyone tried NOM (nonoperative management)?

11-22-2020, 03:09 PM

I am interested in this information too. So if there is anyone out there please share. My surgeon told me there was a surgery i'd be out for 6 to 8 months, or do the chemo/radiation and a surgery for a year after my next two tests which are the mri of rectal cancer and the ultrasound of the pelvis. I forgot to ask him if I would end up with a ostomy bag after the first option but he mentioned the temporary bag with the chemo and radiation option. I need answers and advice from people who have gone through rectal cancer and the procedures just like others please help us.

11-20-2021, 07:32 PM

I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

When my husband was first diagnosed with rectal cancer the treatment plan was radiation and chemotherapy for six weeks, then a break , then surgery, then chemotherapy for six months.

The chemo wasn't all that onerous, he found.

He had a temporary ileostomy installed during the first surgery.

NOM was never considered in his case, but he was diagnosed as Stage 3 at the time.

Has anyone tried NOM (nonoperative management)?

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