Recurrence of Anal squamous cell Cancer

Thank you Ewok for your help it is much appreciated.

Maureen

Good morning Mauranne, you’re welcome.

Going forward once you know what is happening and you have a date the anxiety will hopefully drop slightly. It’s a difficult journey but doable! I have my third anniversary at the end of the month and can say I still go to my fitness classes, swim 2/3 times a week as well as grow my own veggies and look after quite a large garden which require lots of maintenance.

They have kept an eye on me with CT scans and I have another coming up in November. I have a CEA blood test every 6 months now as well. All clear and no worries.  PM me at any stage if you feel you need to. Best of luck. 

Thank you so much for sharing your experience & offering some much needed support Ewok it really is invaluable. Also great to hear you’re doing so well, this will offer others facing this surgery a great deal of encouragement. 

Nicola

You’re welcome too Nicola, I received so much support when I was first diagnosed and post op I’m always happy to make a contribution if I can. :) 

Hi 

I had chemoradiation from March through to April 

then huge operation lasting 10 1/2 hours in July, this involved detaching and removing my internal J pouch, cutting out the anal cancer with a wide margin including an enlarged lymph node, basically cutting my right bum cheek off to plug the hole by the plastics team, I have a permanent ileostomy, part of my wound split open 5 weeks post surgery and it’s taking a while to heal but getting there, I still cannot sit properly.  I have just had an Mri so awaiting results, long hard road but I am still here, surgery and treatment is huge but I am up and about trying to look forwards to good stuff and forget about the bad

i hope everything goes very well for you xxx

Hello and so sorry to hear this. I was facing same surgery 3 years ago if the treatment didnt work , luckily for me it did at that time but I think we would all agree our worst nightmare is the return of the demon! 

the help on this site is outstanding so I hope you can connect to someone having been through surgery.

sending strength and hugs to get through this new challenge. Good luck. 

Lorna xx