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Just a quick update and looking for thoughts on tiredness. I just finished my 3rd week post treatment. My immune system seems to be recovering well ( per blood tests) and I’m ecstatic that I’m having almost no pain. ( hip soreness…but not the debilitating...
Hello - I'm starting Mitomycin and Capecitabine this Monday. As of late, I've been eating any and all food that is said to help fight off cancer, hoping to help prevent cancer from spreading while waiting for treatment to start and moving forward. I would...
Hi Friends, Though I have been reading posts on occasion, it’s been a while since I logged in and posted. The last week of January, I traveled to see my oncology team at MD Anderson in Houston. January 26 marked one year since I finished chemo-radiation...
Hi I received my diagnosis this week T2 N1 and have been referred to different specialist consultant at different hospital so am just waiting now for appointment with the expert to find out more precise details of treatment but they have been explained...
Well, hospital appointment on Wednesday to have Dr. vann Der Voet to examine my bum again wish me luck xxx
Hello! I am writing to tell you about my case and to know what you think about it based on your extensive experience with these issues. First of all, I have been having intermittent rectal bleeding at the time of defecation for several years (approximately...
Hi Some of you may have seen my post a couple of weeks ago titled ‘Scared’ Well I had my sigmoidoscopy on Monday where I explained my fears of anal cancer due to HPV and the lump from my anus. However the Dr carrying out the procedure didn’t seem at...
Sitting us a difficult activity . Vulva dry and registers after driving, Gynecologist surgeon has prescribed estrogen 1% topical cream and doesn't expect much longterm improvement. As blood vessels / lubrication destroyed by radiotherapy . A bit grim...
Hello !! What a fantastic community but why didn’t I seek this out before now !! I felt I was the only person in England with this condition. I now realise I am not alone !!! I completed my chemotherapy/radiotherapy end of September and I have had my...
Hi everyone hope you are all as well as can be expected. I haven’t been on here for a while as I’ve been struggling with side effects from radiotherapy/chemo. My bottom is healing nicely ( at the time I never thought it would) no where near as sore but...
