Just wanted to update to this post�� I had my surgery on 10/25/16 ( my hubbies bday) and it was in fact cancer at stage 1. I had a lot of complications during recovery while in the hospital but I'm glad I'm still here!! I really must have a angel watching over me because the doctor told me it was the type of cancer that spreads fast and usually when it's discovered they only have 6months to a year before their gone. I'm glad I didn't wait! I still have my ileostomy until I build some immunity and strength for the take down. My home health was awful and I was dealing with a very raw bloody skin around Davey Jones ( I named my stoma). Thank goodness for the World Wide Web I was able to come across Salts Healthcare who was awesome enough to send me samples of there pouches which were life changing for me since I could get anything to help with the leakage I was having with my pouches that I was using. It feels awesome to go from an hour of putting on a pouch just to change it again in a hour to 5-10 minutes that it takes me now with this new one. I actually feel like I did prior to my diagnosis happy and full of life, enjoying my family! Thank you all for being here for me during my scary moments. Now I'm just preparing for the take down but I'm not scared because of the great information everyone has shared on this site. ��