Hi all
not sure if I posted hello before I’m not A plus at social media
so I came to hospital 4 weeks ago assuming I was in for a fistula repair after my doctor referring me for small skin tag on my bum and excruciating pain for the last yr blood clots blah blah
half way through the op as I’d had spinal the specialist tells me I have an abnormal ulcer and he’ll speak to me after the surgery
fast forward 3 weeks later I’m still in here diagnosed with squamous carcinoma cancer apparently means between 2 veins I have a large ulcer in my bum and a tumour in between my vaginal and anal wall
had an op yesterday for a colostomy bag in pin but here I am anyone else goifn through this? I assume I heal before chemoradiotherapy starts? I’m told 5 days a week for 5 weeks??
Hi ,
Firstly I’d like to welcome you to the Macmillan online community although I’m sorry that you’ve had the need to find us.
Personally I didn’t have a stoma but there’s a few members that have been through our forum that have & yes it seems you’re given a period of time to heal from your surgery before beginning your treatment.
Chemoradiotherapy here in the UK generally consists of 28 sessions of radiotherapy, Monday to Friday weekends off, the chemo is usually delivered mitomycin infusion day 1 of radiotherapy then capecitabine tablets twice a day each day of radiotherapy so again Monday to Friday weekends off. There does seem to be the odd hospital or two that deliver the chemo a little differently with a longer chemo infusion in week 1 & week 5 with no oral chemo in between.
Have you been given a treatment plan yet?
Nicola
