Hi everyone. I just wanted to ask if anyone else had a reaction to the Iodine tracer that you have whilst having the CT scan and mapping before treatment. I had mine last Friday afternoon and when I woke up on Saturday morning I had the shock of my...
Hi.. I'm new to this forum.. just recently diagnosed with anal cancer stage 2.. Due to start my 28 days of chemoradiation on 6th Jan.. I'm struggling to cope with my feelings on how I have this and feelings of guilt.. im in a loving relationship...
Hi, I’m still new here. I finally got a formal diagnosis last week after 16 months of ongoing problems and tests. I know this is still a relatively rare cancer and with even lower rates in men. I have really appreciated being able to read all of...
I’m writing this on behalf of my wife. She was diagnosed with Anal Cancer around mid October. Unsurprisingly the tumour which is about 12cm and sits between the lower bowel and the cervix (and exists also outside of the body) is continually Growing. This...
Hi everyone. I've been diagnosed with stage 3 anal cancer caused by Squamous cell carcinoma, that's moved into the lymph nodes, bit it's all contained within that area. The positive side of things it hasn't spread anywhere else and I won't be having...
Hi, This is one for the ladies out there…However guys you may find some of this useful x Im 39 and have stage 1 borderline stage 2 anal cancer. It hasn’t spread which I’m grateful for. This has been a 2 year journey for me to get answers. I did...
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in January. Things moved very quickly and after finding I had a 7 cm tumour in my lower bowel that had spread to lymph nodes had a colostomy at Easter time followed by 25 days of radiotherapy and chemotherapy...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed last year in April '23. When I went to my appointment with the oncologist they informed me it wasn't anal cancer but AIN 3. This is pre-cancerous stage, high grade, but not cancer. Long story short I had to have biopsies...
Hello newbie here. I wish I found this site sooner. I am scared to death.. but my story start with I thought I had a hemorrhoid. So I went for my colonoscopy and they said that they can not remove it I would have to see a surgeon. So I go to the surgeon...
Hello everyone I'm Ali, 52 year old awesome woman living in Reading, UK. After having some symptoms that I'd put down to a bout of food poisoning in mid-July and/or food poisoning and/or a shitty time at work - I had a colonoscopy on 19 October where...
