ANAL CANCER RECURRENT

Hi Alex sorry to hear your news but there will be options mine came back and I have chemo to reduce it themAPR surgery which I'm still recovering from in March this year .

Just remember as long as there are options for further treatment there is hope.

There ate others on this forum who also have had further treatment.

Good luck and if there is a thing you want to ask I hope Ican help with 

Take Care  Wendy 

Hello ALEXbukaf4650d 

I am so sorry that you are faced with this a year down the line, it must be such a disappointment.  As far as I know (but my medical knowledge is only what I have gained on here) radiotherapy is not normally carried out in the same place again.  You can have chemo more once, but normally the next step for recurrent anal cancer is surgery.  There are quite a few forum members who have had this, and whilst it is major surgery they are now recovered and living cancer-free.  So I am hoping they will pick up on your post and give you their own experiences.

In the meantime, I am counting on your team come up with the treatment plan very soon - once something definite is in the pipeline I am hopeful that you will feel slightly less lost.

Big hug, never forget we are here to support you however we can.

Irene xx

i had the surgery at the royal in liverpool when mine came back. it was easy, i had no pain after, they gave me morphine that you click yourself but i didn't even use it. the worse part was you can only sit for 15 minutes twice a day for 4 weeks so i was bored and mostly read kindle. i had a couple of sleepy days then felt fine x

p.s. it was so much easier than the radiotherapy, i wish i'd had the op the first time x