Tomorrow I have my scan/tattoo and treatment planning meeting, then from 4th July I start chemo/radiotherapy. For all you that have been through this, as your just about to start treatment, looking back now and with hindsight what advise would you...
Hi everyone, I am new on here , I have finished my treatment and now awaiting my scan and the results.
Hi group, I have recently been diagnosed with AC, I went to my treatment planing appointment on Friday. I am waiting a scan to get tattoos this week and can hopefully start treatment after that. I am in so much pain constantly so fingers crossed The treatment...
I have anal cancer.trying to find people how have the same problem as me.how are able to share things with me about it.as i am scarred and feel so alone.
Hi All, I admit that I have been reading this forum for a couple of months now. I find a lot of comfort in the shared experiences and feelings that people express here! I was diagnosed with anal cancer in August of 2021. After systemic chemo,...
Hi, I'm Suz. I've finished my treatment, have had a couple of months to recover and am gearing up for all the testing and prodding that lie ahead. I'm feeling much, much better than the last couple of weeks of treatment, and the first awful month of...
Possible TMI... I have spent 4 weeks trying to get a NHS appt with GP to no avail, thankfully I have health insurance. I really started noticing some strange symptoms about a month or so ago though they started a while back but seemed to come and go...
Hi, I'm new to the group, I was diagnosed with anal cancer Christmas 2020, I now have a stoma bag, Christmas 2021 it spread to my liver, in February of this year I had half my liver removed
Hi all I’m just starting my third week of radiotherapy and due to have my second lot of chemo(via a pump) in week five but I’m so confused the consultant said I was stage 3 but the cancer has not spread to my lymph nodes and he also said the cancer was...
Hi everyone im new here. I was diagnosed with a rare forrm of Anal skin cancer on 31 December. Needless to say l was shocked. I had 5.5 weeks of chemo tablets with radio therapy and finished treatments on 7 April. Had my check up up on 17 May and tumour...
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