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Hi All Hope you are all as well as you can be Just to update you I found my dexa scan results tonight as I was looking through my NHS app! So at the ripe old age of 53 lol, I now have osteoporosis in my spine and osteopenia in my hip (albeit very...
Hi, me again! 14 days of treatment done and 14 days left to go! Side effects kicking in now - repeated toilet trips with a sore bum being the worst. Got the Flamigel and that other cream gel that soothes the area. Drinking loads. Sitz baths in full...
Hey guys.... Been a while since I've been on here. I had intended to stay on board and do updates and offer support for newcomers after all the support I received here myself last year. Honestly? I've no excuse, other than life has just been carrying...
Today I went to see an extremely friendly electrophysiologist (a doctor who specialises in electrical heart problems) as part of a long overdue check up. He went through my history and immediately asked me if I would consider an ablation where the faulty...
Hello everyone! My husband is due to start capecitabine tablets and daily radiotherapy for 5 weeks and just wondering if anyone can recommend things to have ready such as unperfumed soap/shower gels, own flannels, gloves to deal with bodily fluids…We...
Hello folks. I’m a 64 yr old woman whose life has rapidly ground to a halt after discovering that what I thought was a bad case of piles is actually suspected anal cancer. I’ve had an MRI scan, a CT scan, a stoma and biopsies (still to be told results...
I was due to start my 2nd cycle today and had bloods taken yesterday . Got a phone call this morning asking me to go in early for another test as my neutrophils were low. Arrived at 9.30 and at 1 pm my bloods were still not ready. Eventually I was told...
I've been 6 years post treatment for anal cancer. Recently I've felt that I'm sitting on something like a bump when I sit down. Not painful and can't feel it otherwise. But have appt with onco next week to check. Kind of worried about recurrence.
Hi, just been confirmed today 10/01/2022 by the hospital that I have Squamous CellCancer in my Anus, is this the normal cancer found there? What other types could be found? is anyone else had the treatment for this, what does the treatment involve...
Hello everyone, I have just been diagnosed with SCC last week. I have had months of pain, an open wound on outside of my anus, bleeding and pressure. I’ve been misdiagnosed several times and now after a biopsy last month, anal cancer was confirmed...
