Dear lovely Macmillan friends, Well the results are in from my 6 month scans and I am 100% cancer free! WOOOHOOOO!!! I know that some of you are going through the mill at the moment and wanted to share some news that hopefully might inspire you...
Hello lovely peeps! Hope you’re all doing ok. ️ Quick question for those in the know… Just had my 6 month MRI and PET FDG CT scan (the one with the intravenous radiotracer). Basically the scan that tells you if the treatment has worked I suppose...
I'm going crazy. I cant sleep without tablets, I'm just constantly going over and over the what ifs.. I can't cope anymore, I just want it to end. My mind is a mess, I don't want to get out of bed, or shower or eat. Everyone says be strong, be positive...
My aunt has not been to the doctor about this and it's been going on for at least 2.5 years. She refuses to show us what it looks like now, but says it always bleeds and that she has bloody diarrhea every day. She now wears adult diapers and tells herself...
Hi everyone just an update from my last post. I had biopsies taken from anal canal today under anaesthetic following new pain over past several months. I put it down to radiation proctitis and tried to manage it with anusol but pain getting no better...
Hi ,my name’s Julie and I had my diagnosis confirmed last week,I have squamous cell carcinoma T3N1. Just waiting now for them to give me a start date for treatment,hoping it will be soon as I’m really uncomfortable down there as I’m sure you’ll all understand...
I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy in August 21 and advised 4 days later via the telephone they found squamous anal cell cancer. Beginning of September I had CT and MRI scans and end of September the MDT wanted an EUA and further biopsies as the team...
Dear all, Happy New Year! I hope you’re all doing ok. I finished my treatment end of Aug 2021. I don’t know about you but my skin is now very delicate and even using the softest loo roll can damage it. I know we’ve all probably used some wipes throughout...
Hi I am 8 months post treatment, I started using the dilators 10 weeks after because I was so sore, I am using them now 5 out of 7 days a week and cannot get to the largest size which means I can't have intercourse yet. I've read that silicon ones are...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to pop on to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Some of you are just starting out on this difficult journey, some are in the midst of treatment & some are through the other side, I’m also aware that some are facing further battles...
