Hello lovely people I am now 3 and a bit weeks post treatment and I think things are generally going well. I've got my energy back and am managing to do most things as I was before. Healing has gone well generally except the anal sphincter. Everytime...
Hi everyone, I recently had my scan results, not good , but not bad either, this is my second year living with this horrible thing, I've been lucky with all the chemo treatments I've had , only tiredness, constipation and the other as well haha . My oncologist...
A week ago I was going to post that I hit the four week post treatment and felt like I had really turned a corner - I was telling everyone and it was so great to be able to give positive news when people asked me. This week has been a real regression...
Hi everyone. Hope your all doing well in your journey. I am seeing the consultant Friday so hopefully I can get some answers and when to start treatment as the waiting is worse I think. can the Strata xrt be prescribed, or do I need to buy it and where...
Hi everyone as you see by the title I am a smoker. I know I should stop but after years of smoking it’s hard and I think the stress if all this doesn’t really help me stop. I have cut down to about 6/7 roll ups a day from 20 and vape in between. Nit much...
This group has been fantastic......thank you for your shared knowledge and experiences. Just wanted to share some of my experiences of treatment (abroad) and chemoradiation with a new stoma. I have cancer in my anus, but my tumour is at the start...
Hello, I start treatment on 15th sept and have seen mention on here about strata XRT. I mentioned it to the oncologist today at my planning meeting and she seemed ok with it should I choose to go down this road. I was just wondering what the thoughts...
Hi all, I hope you are doing ok whatever stage you’re at. I finished treatment at the end of January and I’m waiting for my six month scan results. Generally I feel well most days but im very very tired all the time. I’m back to work, reduced hours slightly...
Hi, I am in week 3 of treatment and got a call from the hospital on Tuesday to tell me to stop taking the chemo as my white cell count and platelets are low. As much as I don't mind coming off them as were making me nauseous, I am concerned that I am...
Hi all Im going to have to tell my son something but I really dont know how to approach this. He lost his grandad a few years ago through cancer and it happened very quickly. I want to steer away from the big C word but I also know he is at an age...
