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Hi I start my treatment on the 7th November and some family members feel we should tell two of our grandchildren who are 4 and 6 years old as we won’t be able to see them as much as we would normally because of catching gems etc. I don’t agree I feel...
Hi my name is linders, I was diagnosed with anal cancer October last year, and had a colostomy bag fitted in December. I started my radiation and chemo in Jan this year x they told me in June that the cancer was gone. But after an MRI scan in September...
Hi advice pls?! Going out for lunch today I start my treatment on the 7th nov do you think it’ll be ok to have a few glasses of red wine?
Hello my lovelies, I was diagnosed with anal SCC on 1 March after a lesion was removed from the perianal area, had my ct & mri and met a different consultant after the mdt meeting on 18 March. The great news was they got clear margins and the scans were...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed T4 N1 MO and finished treatment at the end of June 2022. I had 5 1/2 weeks of chemo tablets and radiotherapy. I was very lucky after finishing treatment because I only had about 4 days of bad pain, for which I took liquid...
My mum has red itchy patches of skin around her body not where the radiotherapy was administered. she's been told to use QV cream has anyone used this before?
Hi has anyone any experience of having all of these three together? This is what I’ve got to have everyday for 5 days then 5 and half weeks of radiotherapy then repeat week one! Feel a bit sick at the thought to be honest x
hi I'm an older single woman and was diagnosed with AIN3 on 3rd October, following a biopsy. Fortunately for me CT scans and MRI plus examination under anaesthetic showed no internal growths in the lymph nodes or any where else. I am down for a second...
My mum is still having awful problems with her skin 7 weeks post radiotherapy (she had 5 weeks of radiotherapy every day) new patches of very red itchy skin keep appearing at different places over her body. She's tried so many different creams. Any...
Hello, Well this is so confusing, in July I found out that I had pre cancer on my bum and they sent me for surgery to do mapping biospys of my anal and vulva area, they found some cancer only small in one area and removed while I was asleep, and my...
