Hi, I am just starting week 3 of chemo (tablets) and radiotherapy. I am sore and cannot be far from a toilet. Really worried about going out and being caught short I have diarrhoea tablets. I just wondered how others manage.
I’m starting chemoradiation with mitosin and capecitabin on 16 June. There’s a very important family event booked for 4 July is it likely I’ll be able to attend? It will involve a 3 hour drive beforehand (not by me I’ll be chauffeured) and an overnight...
Hi I'm Anne from Manchester , After a diagnosis firstly of Haemorrhoids. Then changing hospitals and now finding i have a T3 Anal Cancer. I've had all the scans . Biopsy today in groin, but they are pretty sure it's only in Pelvis area. Start treatment...
Hii, I finished chemo/radiotherapy 12 days ago, and am starting to heal up and feel better but… While I was on treatment I had itchy skin behind my knees, and was told to put some hydrocortisone cream on, then once I finished treatment my ankles became...
Hi, I have been diagnosed with stage 2 anal cancer. I had to fight to get seen as the doctor referred me to a specialist in the beginning of January, but because a CT pelvic scan did not show anything, they were not going to see me. I was eventually seen...
Hello everyone! I am new here. I have been a part of this group for a few weeks now just reading and learning from you all! I was diagnosed on April 2nd with Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal/rectum that was caused by the HPV virus. Before educating...
Hi....newly diagnosed with anal cancer, awaiting appointment to discuss treatment plan. I am experiencing quite a bit of discomfort and finding it difficult to sit or lay comfortably, is this quite common. Still just in a bit of a daze with it all...
Just diagnosed a week ago, my tumor is too close to the sphincter muscle to operate. I'll be starting chemo & radiation soon, in early stages of getting scans, meeting with doctors, etc. PetScan didn't show any cancer beyond the tumor, so that's good...
Currently experiencing what I can only describe as an 'attack' of pain... it's happening more frequently, usually waking me in the night. It's 4am Had Dihydracodiene only a couple hours ago, but still woke like this. Took paracetamol about 40 mins ago...
Hello I'm new to this , even though I was diagnosed 2 years ago with stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma, I'm nearly 50 now I have a son and an absolutely gorgeous granddaughter, they are my rock, I lost my partner of 25 years six years ago to lung cancer...
