Hi, wondering if someone can help me make sense of the staging? So much can change in a day. After much back and forth I have finally been diagnosed with AC and finally met with my oncology team yesterday. It's small 1.7 cm which i realise makes this...
Hi, I’m hoping joining this group will help alleviate my anxiety after only just being diagnosed after a stressful few months of waiting. I initially found a lump at the end of January and by the time I managed to get to see a doctor February 10th it...
Hi all today I saw a lovely consultant and had a sigmoidoscopy. He looked at me and I knew. I have a 3-4 cm tumour so onwards and for the next line and of pokes and prods. My question to everyone is I had a bowel screening beginning of November with blood...
Such An Arse This Anal Cancer Is. Where is it I should begin? I'll take you back to the Autumn of 2023. I had discovered something not normal in my back passage, something I thought was a haemorrhoid. I went to my GP concerned and she asked me a...
Hi… 8 weeks post treatment and I’ve only just found out that potentially I should be using an anal dilator… at hospital week 4 of chemoradiotherapy I was given a vaginal dilator with reasons explained but no mention that same can occur in the anus! No...
Hi everyone had a positive appointment today at the Beatson, cancer has not spread which is fantastic, I have to have another MRI tomorrow and a CT scan on Friday, will recieve timetable tomorrow as well so all in all not a bad day x
Hi just joined and wanted to introduce myself, I was diagnosed in March which was a bit of a shock as I thought I had piles, I've had all my scans done and will attend the beatson tomorrow to discuss my radiotherapy and treatment plan
Hi all. 10 months into Cancer Treatment. WOW what a whirlwind. Thank you for also the advice and experiences that you have all shared. It has been a great help on these awful days. i was wondering if anyone could offer any of their wisdom On my...
Just wanted to say hello and look forward to all the information that’ll me through day to day.
Hi everyone, nice to say hello and looking forward to reading the post and journals. I was diagnosed with anal cancer recently and have started my treatment: 3 rounds of IV chemo (9 sessions in total, the first of which I completed on Friday) and then...
