Hello everyone. It's been very helpful to read your posts; thank you for sharing. I'm new here, 5 days post treatment for anal cancer and I can relate to all your posts of excruciatingly painful toilets. Awful but managing on morphine tablets and gel...
Felling of dread and feel that it’s likely stage 4 since I’ve missed signs. Looking for advice, maybe inspiration and plans for treatment in this stage if anyone had experience. thank you!
Did anyone take probiotics or meet with a natural pathologist ahead or during treatment? thank you!
Hi everyone , Im late joining these forums - Im now in my final week of chemo plus radiation - but thank you to everyone who has posted. It’s been a huge support to share experiences and Ive been inspired by everyone’s courage . Im now getting the expected...
Hi, I’m new here, was diagnosed back in February and started treatment last Monday, thought I was doing so well all week, eating, exercising moisturising and taking so many tablets on time! Then Friday afternoon, when I thought weekend off, nausea hit...
Hi I have just recently been diagnosed with T2 N1a Mx squamous cell. Had my first appointment with oncologist yesterday, she went over everything that will be happening and my treatment, so I'm in on Monday to be marked for the radiotherapy then...
I've had all the scans but still waiting for appointment to discuss treatment plan. I am faecal incontinent almost 24 hours and it is exhausting me with all the cleaning and changes. I feel weaker every day and the faecal incontinence is really getting...
Hi everyone, I have received a diagnosis of anal cancer. I have had a PET scan and am awaiting results and treatment date. Nothing likely to happen until end of April I was told. I am already in a lot of pain. The tumour is pressing on my anal sphincter...
Hi, my partner was diagnosed with SCC anal cancer at the end of July. And has just completed her round of chemo radiotherapy (though the chemotherapy was stopped two & half weeks into a five & a half week treatment program, due to low platelets). Her...
Stumbled across this great forum after 2 weeks of terror following diagnosis. I really appreciate everyones’s posts and am so glad i found you. I am in the USA but originally from the UK so appreciate the different perspective. Good luck everyone.
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