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Hi all , I have just finished 7 weeks of chemo radiation with 2 IV chemo boosts. So glad I found this group at around week 3 of treatment. Just when the side effects started to kick in. Your posts and responses, full of empathy, practical advice and...
Hi I'm a daughter I'm just wondering if any one can help my mam has been recently diagnosed anal/rectum and lymph nodes but still stage 3 and will be starting chemo and radio therapy soon but I noticed her consultant kept saying stuff about 5 years...
Hi Morning I finished my treatment 14th December 2022 had a very difficult time like some but very slowly improving with some things. When going for a number 2 recently it has become very sore again and seen some blood only light and not much. I take...
Hello Some advice please, can’t get through to the hospital even after an hour of calling. I have a flexi sigmoidoscopy at 9.45 tomorrow morning, only got my letter today which says if I’m on blood thinners then to call them as I may need to stop them...
Hi All you lovely people, Finally had my dental issue sorted, a tooth extracted yesterday...more pain but thankfully bit better today. I was initially meant to start treatment this week, but as the area needs 7-10 days to heal it'll now start on 24th...
Hello i was wondering if there was a higher risk for partners of a person diagnosed with anal cancer? I understand the underlying cause is HPV, should partners be screened in some way? I have read here that it is quite rare for HPV to develop into cancer...
Hi all I finally started my treatment yesterday. I have signed up for the trial so have chemo tablets everyday that I have the radiotherapy. Yesterday I had the IV infusion too. I felt really tired and queasy by the time I got home - I live an hour...
Hello everyone, I’m wondering how everyone recovered after treatment, or in my case, a colostomy bag permanently put in place. However, it’s been around 18 months and I’m still suffering pain around the anus where the stitching is? Would this be normal...
Hi! So I'm coming up to 4 years since my treatment and recently I've been feeling pretty good. However just out of the blue, I've got this terrible pain flare up in my bum cheek and coxic area, to the point where it really hurts to sit down again and...
I am wondering how long everyone waits from diagnosis to starting treatment ? It's a shocker to get the diagnosis in the first place but now I'm feeling adrift in a minefield of the unknown waiting to be told when we can start to treat this. When I didn...
