Treatment starts tomorrow

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Little nervous about the unknown, but going to chanel all my energy into treatment.

My cancer is squamous and it has travelled upwards to my rectum. They have now staged it at T3cMRF+ N1M0. Sadly I now have lymph node involvement.

I will be having 30 radiotherapy sessions and up to 6 cisplatin, given intravenously.

Surgery looks very likely, but will be reviewed after treatment. My feeling at this stage is, I would elect to have any surgery, however radical if it lowers my risk of reacurance. 

On a positive note the ileostomy has healed and working great. I have even gained weight and no toilet stress.

Thanks to this wonderful group of people I am equipped with knowledge and lots of products to help my journey.

If anybody in the group has had a similar diagnosis, I would love to hear about your journey.

Will also post on the colon/rectum forum.

Wishing you all the very best day.

Ally xxx