Hi all, hopefully someone will remember my story ridetbred you were kind enough to message me a lot back then, appreciate it. im coming upto the 5 year clear mark..its so amazing, given my prognosis of 12m but also gives me such a strange feeling...
morning all im post 9 months from treatment in getting back and knee pain my ankles swell is this normal
I’m due to have a ct as a follow up year since treatment ended, in next week, had complete response from 1st scan in January & examinations, just wondered if anyone had Ct without contrast? It made me feel bad & they know just wondered if anyone else...
Hi, I had treatment for T3N1aM1 Anal Cancer back in end of March & April which had been successful and told end of August from my MRI that the Cancer had "gone". Obviously this was great news and I had been lucky really in terms of side effects I'd...
Hi everyone. I hope you are all keeping well. has anyone noticed that their skin is itchy from finishing treatment? I keep getting like a tingle and crazy itch in the left bum cheek which then also go into the top of my thigh. It is driving me round the...
Hi all, weird things have happened this week... It's 1 month since I finished my chemo radiotherapy treatment. All's been going well since. My skin has healed beautifully and the pain when pooping is getting less. Then, this week I've had a dry skin...
Tomorrow is my last day of radiation, and I’m excited to begin the recovery period in earnest. Right now I’d say the symptom that is the hardest for me is excruciating pain with every bowel movement. I’ve seen others describe it as trying to pass bits...
Following on from consultant meeting last Tuesday, my scan dates have been brought forward to tomorrow as they want to check why I am in so much pain. I am getting very little sleep which is not helpful as I am working full time. Consultant mentioned...
Hi all, well I am lucky enough to have completed my treatment, pelvic radion & chemo, 26/11/25 and am getting on with life. Two things worry me at the moment: 1. Some very slight bleeding from back passage, fresh blood, not every day. Usually followed...
Hello everybody, it’s been a while since I updated everybody but here goes. My mum finally started her treatment end of July and has just completed a 6 week treatment plan of Chemo tablets and Radiotherapy 5 days a week with weekends off. to start with...
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