Hi , my dad finished 5x days 5 x a week chemoradiation. He was fine for 4.5 weeks . Now he is so fatigued he does nothing . Went to bed at 4pm got up at 9pm to sit on sofa with head in hand. He is very dizzy too. This is 19 days later . Should he be starting...
Hi all I haven't been on the forum for a while.I finished my 6 weeks of Chemoradiation treatment 2 weeks ago for anal cancer. I was deeply sunburnt from groin to past my anus.Very sore.I.finally purchased a sitz bath cost was $17 Australian. Best...
Hi everyone I haven't posted much on here mainly on the bowel cancer group. I was diagnosed last July and have had radiotherapy (horrible) and chemotherapy no problem, now I am having surgery on Tuesday 14th having a colostomy and an E Lap ( complete...
Hi I'm jumin, I've recently been diagnosed with stage 3 anal cancer. Bit of a shock to me that's never been ill and always been active. The day of diagnosis was a bit surreal, taking in that I had ccer was hard enough, but to be told I had to have a...
Hi, just wanted to say hello as everyone on here seems really supportive. I’m 51 with two teenagers (16/14) My recent diagnosis came completely out of the blue. End of January I had a change in bowel movement, blood in a stool, abdominal pain and a...
I was treated for anal cancer with chemo/radiotherapy which finished on 2nd January. Here we are in April and I'm still in pain 24/7 and no-one is able to tell me why I'm in such pain I had an emergency appointment with my consultant who said she didn...
Hi, new here, I finished the chemo and radio therapies just over a week ago, I was expecting discomfort so was not too alarmed but now there is the most awful pain for the past 3 days when having a wee. It's like a fire burning. I drink plenty of water...
Hello - I've read a little about people using a vaginal dilator. Just curious if it helped and did you use it during the treatment weeks or waited until all the treatment was complete and used it? Also, regarding physical therapy for pelvic floor, has...
Hello - I'm starting Mitomycin and Capecitabine this Monday. As of late, I've been eating any and all food that is said to help fight off cancer, hoping to help prevent cancer from spreading while waiting for treatment to start and moving forward. I would...
Hi I received my diagnosis this week T2 N1 and have been referred to different specialist consultant at different hospital so am just waiting now for appointment with the expert to find out more precise details of treatment but they have been explained...
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