Recently diagnosed

Hello Ocado’s, just to say welcome to the group that no one chooses to be a member of as I think it chooses us. You will get lots of tips on how to manage the side effects of the treatment. I was diagnosed T2 NoMo and it was internal. Before treatment they did try to remove via surgery but margins contained cancer cells so had the six weeks treatment. I am just a year post treatment and doing great. You are going through one of the toughest times but you do have a start date which is really positive. I did bleed when I had a bowel movement as that was one of the reasons I went to my GP who spotted a problem straight away and sent me to the hospital. You can ask anything on here as some are just waiting to start treatment, some have started and some have finished and experience various experiences and symptoms. Julie

Thanks Jay

Hi Ocamod, 

Firstly welcome to the Macmillan online community although I’m so sorry that you’ve had the need to find us.

I’m not surprised you’re feeling overwhelmed, you’ve just received a cancer diagnosis & on top of that you’ve all of these other tests going on too!

It seems quite common for tumours to bleed prior to treatment when you go to the loo, they generally have a pretty good blood supply & are causing a degree of obstruction due to the nature of their position having said that if you get heavy or continuous bleeding at any time please give your treating team a call. 

Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any other questions, we have lots of people at different stages of their journey with a wealth of experience between us unfortunately! 

Nicola

Thamks for that Nicola. Ive noticed an Increase of blood in my pads over the last week, plus the smell I'll  give my treatment team a call tomorrow just to be safe.