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Well, that's a bit dramatic. But I feel a bit dramatic. It's back to the gastroenterologist today, which means not only a DRE but the dreaded anoscopy. She sent in a px for a relax pill to take before I go in. I'm sure hoping it helps, not just with the...
Hi All, near the near of week 4 and I'm starting to struggle a little with the pain from radiation. Skin hasn't broke yet, but probably close in parts and very pink now. Every trip to toilet is painful, both ends. The urination is like razor blades...
Hi All Had my first visit to oncologist today. Had bloods taken and have a last CT scan on Tuesday then they book my treatment in. Hopefully aiming for either 19th or 26th June. I’ll be having Mitomycin intravenously on day 1 alongside radiotherapy...
I'm sure I saw on here someone saying they had a flare up of very sensitive skin on bottom after being finished treatment for a while! The same thing is happening to me after two years, I can hardly bear to sit for long! I've always just used E45 or Sudocrem...
Hi new here & looking for advice I finished 28 rounds of radiotherapy 15th march I was told 6 weeks recovery got to week 5 & stomach cramps started & has gradually got worse I've been told morphine & paracetamol for pain as its getting me up through the...
Hi all, I'm 5 weeks post treatment tomorrow and felt I was doing pretty well but the last week have started to have problems and am worried I have anal stenosis. Going to the loo had become okish but with occasional spikes of pain but the last few days...
Well I had a reminder to go for my cervical smear test last week, first one since completing treatment, so I thought I’d make a telephone appointment with the nurse prior to going for the actual appointment just to give her a little background on my situation...
Hi All, I'm 2 months post surgery where I had extremely painful external lumps removed and that's when the internal mass was discovered. I now know this is anal cancer but not a lot else until I speak with oncologist next week. I appreciate we all have...
Hi I am new to the group but have wanted to join for a while and probably should have whilst I was undertaking treatment. Anyway- just had my results back from my final MRI post treatment meeting and, I am still pinching myself that I was finally...
Hi, I’m a 44year old who’s just been diagnosed with Anal Cancer, it was picked up on Colonoscopy.. I was referred to the Gastro team in March because of elevated Calprotectin levels, and they wanted to rule out Crohns or Colitis as I had also been experiencing...
