Hi everyone .. was entering the home straight , last 3 days when a weekend of wind , tummy ache and loose stools saw me in hospital on a drip !!! they have taken away my last 3 days of chemo tabs but not the radiotherapy .. I feel a total failure at...
Hello All, I’m new to this forum. I’m in Canada, was diagnosed with anal cancer and am in my second week of treatment… after today I’ll have had 10 sessions of radiation with 20 more to go. I’ve been dealing with a lot of different symptoms, but the...
Hi , I am 5 weeks out from chemoradiotherapy . I have bilateral thigh lymphedema and pelvis. I am going to massage therapy and wearing compression garments. I can’t wear the garments for too long as the radiation zone gets irritated. I started yoga 2...
Hello. I finished treatment in January and was wondering if anyone still experienced fatigue months after treatment ended?? I feel like I've been hit by a bus every day at about 2pm!
My wife was diagnosed with anal cancer in July 2020, had a permanent stoma and then radio/chemo in late 2020 which was not successful so an operation in 2021 to remove all of remaining anus and rectum. Complication was that cancer was between anus and...
My cancer had spread to my distant lymph nodes. Following chemo and radiation my oncologist was happy that the cancer had been successfully treated from below the hips. However, in the lymph nodes , there was either calcification of the nodes, or it is...
Good morning everyone I’m now on day 17 of treatment and as some of you have experienced , now have the pain , the sore bum , broken skin etc A lovely nurse yesterday said I needed a lot stronger cream than was given by the oncologist last week and...
After great deliberation and much supportive help from the amazing colorectal team at our local hospital, I am booked in early June for a colostomy. After giving the matter so much thought, I decided I couldn't carry on with the problems I have had after...
Hi everyone , sorry to be asking you all again !!! I’m going into week 4 , the pain I expected but did any of experience feeling cold .constant fatigue , lack of any appetite and a sore eye !!!? any tips to push me to the finishing line , would be...
I rang the bell on my last day of treatment yesterday! Feeling very sore and swollen. My skin broke down over the last few days (anus area and perinaeum) so would love your top tips on how to manage this and support healing. I’ve been told that the...
