I had my ftf with oncologist today 8 weeks after treatment for an examination and although it’s shrunk it’s still there, I’m trying to be positive but it’s hard, he said the treatment can still work for about 20 weeks so still time for it to work more...
I had my last CT scan on 27th September and there was no visible cancer, now I've just had a letter for another CT scan on 23rd November, this seems early to me! I finished treatment in April so I'm not yet sure but I thought scans were 3 monthly? Any...
Hi there, I hope you don't mind me posting here today, my name is Rachel and I work as part of the Community team here at Macmillan. I just wanted to share with you all a recent Community News blog series which has been written Willo, who is know...
Hi everyone, My MRI scan has come in, I had my face to face appointment and she said NED. What a massive relief and I am at the moment on a high! In three months she said I go in for a consultation and if they feel I need a scan they will do one. After...
I'm a constant worrier, I don't want to be, but I am. I had my 2 year scan in the summer time and all was well thank goodness. My check-ups now move to 6 monthly instead of 3, with a yearly scan. Now.....I'm starting to worry about not being checked so...
Dear all.
Having had chemoradiation for this disease about 20 months ago it’s come back and I am now due to have an APR operation . Has anyone got experience of this?
Hi all, It's Steph from the Community team here, I hope you don't mind me popping in to share some recent news. I'm here to highlight a recent Community News Blog, 'Cancer and fatigue - when will I start feeling less tired' in case anyone might find...
Hi all, after waiting 21 days for the results of my MRI scan I finally had a call from the oncology team to ask me to come in on Thursday. The last two appointments have been via telephone and those failed due to the results not being back although they...
Hi all.... A close relative has anal cancer that's sadly incurable. She's in really bad pain any tips about how she might improve this? She's on 500mg co-codamol and the tumor is very near rectum. Thanks
