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Hi, I'm Ann, 2 weeks away from being 59 and 4 days past being given the news I have *whispers anal cancer. Excuse me? Monday I had piles, Tuesday they said it was a fistula and fissure and Wednesday whilst I was still coming round after the op I was...
Hi all, I wonder if anyone has had a post treatment endoscopy with biopsies? I had an endoscopy before diagnosis and biopsies were taken without a pre assessment but I've just had a phone call from the hospital making a date for the before said!!! Does...
Hello everyone. I haven't been on this site for quite a few years. My husband has recently been diagnosed with advanced Prostrate cancer so needed some info and decided to have little peak on this site or Bumlanders we were called to see if I recognised...
Hi I’ve never posted on the internet before but I found this forum and know I will benefit from it. I first found a lump on 4/5/21 in my anus, I called the doctor the same day and have been having treatment for very painful haemorrhoids up until 4/11...
I'm sorry if this is not relevant here so please delete if so. I'm 2 1/2 years out of treatment and doing good, blood counts finally getting in the normal range. I'd nearly stopped having the urgent bowel stuff but instead have been having attacks of...
I finally made a GI appt after 2 years. It started out with some anal itching and over time has grown so intense that now I have some fissures in the surrounding area. I tried to treat it myself with creams by process of elimination to diagnosis hemorrhoids...
Hi everyone, I thought you may like to know that our recent Community News blog, "Catching up with the ‘Anal cancer’ group" , celebrates the support in this group and other resources available. I hope you might find this blog helpful to read if you...
This is really not a big issue like many things raised here are, and searching the site, rashes do not seem common, so probably nothing much I can do... But just in case, and possibly for future reference, I'll give some details. I got a rash between...
Hello again - I saw a post on here where someone mentioned having hyperbaric oxygen therapy which can be beneficial for long term side effects of radiotherapy. I haven't asked my consultant or GP about it yet but just wondered if many people have tried...
I just wanted to share my BRILLIANT news.... I've been to see my Oncologist today and got the results of my scans... ALL CLEAR. After examination he said that he was confident that what is left is scar tissue... I'm soo happy and can't keep still. I just...
