Hey there my name is Donnie.
I was so excited to see this group.
I was diagnosed with anal cancer in April. I underwent radiation and chemo over the summer.
My side effects were no fun, but I managed them - always looking toward that treatment end date.
"If I can just get through this..."
But now I'm through, and it doesn't feel like the "ending" I guess I thought it would.
I'm four weeks out, and I'm so anxious that the treatment didn't work.
I feel like I can still feel the tumor (and it itches). I had lots of issues with frequency of bowel movements, urgency, and bleeding prior to my treatment. That improved greatly after treatment started, but today my stomach felt off and I had several bowel movements.
I guess the thing is I don't know how I'm supposed to feel at this point!
I am supposed to follow up with the surgeon and my radiation oncologist in two weeks, but I'm just so afraid that I went through over the summer didn't work and I'm going to be right back to where I was in the spring.
Anyway, just wanted to post that in case someone might have had a similar experience.
Thanks very much
donnie
