Hi all I hope you are all doing well today. I had mapping scan yesterday and start treatment on 15th Sept in afternoons. It wad a balancing act with the bladder but apart from that it was ok Im dreading it but also looking forward to getting the...
Hi I had my mapping scan yesterday and my first radiotherapy treatment is 22/9. I've not yet had my chemo pre-assessment and am hoping for an appointment call very soon! I'm very nervous, and am trying to do as much research as I can without scaring...
Good evening I was wondering if anyone else has gone down this route? I'm 19 months post treatment and have been struggling due to stenosis. Following my 18 month review my oncologist referred me onto colorectal consultant. I am booked in this Tues...
Am I being unreasonable, I have lost faith in my treating hospital. After 10 months and 3 scans and being told nothing wrong I finally had a PET scan which identified a tumour, spread to lymph nodes and blood vessel. what I am struggling to understand...
Hi there , I finished my treatment 8 weeks ago but I’m still in quite considerable pain after visiting the loo . In fact there is blood every time . It’s coming from open wounds and or wounds just inside my anus . Has anyone else suffered this long and...
Hi everyone I’m Sarah and a new member of the club nobody wants to join. I saw the oncologist yesterday and will be having the standard chemo/radio treatment. My superpowers are catastrophising and overthinking so as you can imagine I’m in overdrive...
Hello. Me again. I posted a few weeks ago with my worries about my upcoming scan. Im around 18 months post treatment and have just had my follow up mri scan inline with normal practice. My other scans have shown full response to treatment and no evidence...
Hello there, I’m new here but I don’t think I’ve read a case similar to mine in treatment’s failures. It all started in July 2022, I was 49. In September had the diagnosis : anal SCC. T2N1M0 I had chemo radiotherapy until December. (Chemo was...
Hi I finished my treatment on Thursday. Although I am aware side effects will ramp up in next 3 weeks before starting to get better, is it normal for the skin to be split and bleeding, disintegrating and weeping? Just want to check that this is to be...
Im almost three weeks post treatment and what everyone says is true - skin healing happens really quickly when it starts. I’m fascinated by the speed it regenerates. I still have some areas peeling (can be very irritating) and some small areas around...
