I recently had my 1 year post treatment full body CT with contrast and don’t have a follow up until the end of April when I will get the results. The waiting is unbearable which I know others feel the same but as I haven’t heard anything do I assume it...
Hi everyone. Here's my somewhat belated update, which I thought I'd do over the weekend, but by the time the weekend arrived I was so wiped out I did absolutely nothing. On the exit department, things have been very up and down and have swung from diarrhoea...
Hello, I've been getting through the first week and wanted to see if what I'm experiencing rings a few bells? Firstly, you may recall from my earlier post that I have a lot of travelling to and fro 5 days a week. Two days a week I've been provided...
Hello fellow travellers, I'm not sure how I got to this point. Week 3 has been a blur in some respects. I thought I was managing until Wednesday. Then the bowel department gave me a good kicking. It all seemed to pile on within 24hours of the treatment...
Hi all Thankfully I found you before I start my treatment. I’m interested to hear about side effects, especially long term and how you have managed these.
Hi Everyone Its been a while since I posted. I've not been great mentally, as well as physically, but I have managed to find the support I was needing and I'm starting to feel better about things. I had my first review yesterday, 5.5 weeks post treatment...
Hi for 2 weeks before my treatment started I've been using Aveeno every night trying to prepare my skin for radiotherapy. This is now the second day of my treatment and told by the nurse I can start using the Flamagel RT I bought to protect my skin. Wondering...
Hi, had my 1st treatment session today. I was a bit apprehensive but wasn't as bad as I'd imagined. However it took them 4 attempts to get the canula in my hand for the chemo. Hand is a bit sore tonight but at least it will just be chemo via tablets going...
Hi everyone, I'm new on here.I've just finished my 2nd week of chemoradiotherapy. I was initially diagnosed with hemoroids, as a lot of us are. I was then told it was a prolapse, which I suspected as I have hypermobility caused by a connective tissue...
Hello everyone it’s been a little while since I posted. It will be 14 months at the end of March since I finished my treatment. I got the results of my recent mri scan and it’s good news! The tumour has all gone, full response to treatment. There is still...
