Hi all, I posted here a few years ago with concerns over anal cancer. Fortunately despite having HPV, my surgery was clear and no cancer found.
I did have an anoscopy at the Homerton hospital last May and they found 1 area of LSIL (low grade changes) and an area of chronic inflammation. I was discharged as they said it was a low grade change that had no P16 staining. I wasn’t happy about this, but despite me raising concerns they wouldn’t consider a follow up.
Fast forward till now, I have been experiencing some symptoms again, although completely different to last time and now anal cancer is concerning me again.
Can I ask what your original symptoms were?
The two haemorrhoids I have had for years are not really troubling me at the moment, which is rare because I usually suffer from chronic constipation, but the last few months I have gone the complete opposite way for no apparent reason. Loose stools, often skinny, an urge to go but when I get there it’s gone, loss of appetite, wind that feels low down in my rectum and lots of gurgling sounds whenever I eat. Does that sound familiar to any of you? GP done a FIT test which came back with a score of 7 and she isn’t concerned. I hope it is ok to write here without any formal diagnosis. Thanks Sarah
Definitely keep pressing for further investigations, listen to your gut, especially with you history of cellular changes. Personally I had no symptoms apart from a external polyp that had been there for ages but out of the blue it bled a couple of times when I wiped after going to the loo, I got it checked out & the rest is history so to speak.
Nicola
