Hi ,
Welcome to the forum although I’m sorry you’ve had the need to find us.
Firstly are you in the Uk? Being a bit of a rare breed we have people dropping in on the forum from everywhere including quite often the US, treatment regimes etc., differ from country to country also hospital to hospital. Has your wife been given a treatment plan yet or are her team awaiting the results of the PET scan? Once I know whereabouts on this bumpy old road your wife is I’ll try & offer some answers from my own experience & I should imagine there’ll be others along to share their journeys too. You’ve definitely come to the right place for a bit or moral support if needed.
Nicola
Hi again ,
If you click on my username you can read a little about my journey there. I was 52 when diagnosed in February 2018 & remember well how earth shattering that news is! I am now 17 months post treatment with NED (no evidence of disease). You will find many people in this group that have all been diagnosed at different stages & have had really positive responses to the treatment.
Your wife is right at the beginning of all this & it’s a scary place to be for everyone concerned, has her oncologist discussed a treatment plan for her? The standard treatment is 28 days, Monday-Friday, of chemoradiotherapy. The treatment is short & sharp & very effective in treating anal cancer. Recovery from treatment varies for everyone, I went back to work part-time 5-6 weeks after treatment had finished but as I say it’s very individual for everyone. I am living life pretty much as I was pre-diagnosis now (maybe with a little more gratitude for life) & doing most of what I was prior to all of this happening.
Please feel free to ask if you have any questions, we’re a lovely bunch & no matter how personal your queries may sound to you I can assure you we’ve all asked the same questions somewhere along the line! & there’s usually always someone around to react fairly quickly to posts.
Nicola
