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Hi everyone, just wondered if anyone could relate? I never thought it was going to be easy but I must admit I did kind of think the beginning might not be so bad...more the end of treatment . I just feel tired and sick and basically just rubbish at the...
Hi, I'm new here. I've recently been diagnosed with anal cancer and the prognosis is very doom and gloom. I've been told my average expectancy is 20 months but I've just seen another report that has given me less than 12 months which is shocking. I want...
Dear lovely Macmillan friends, Well the results are in from my 6 month scans and I am 100% cancer free! WOOOHOOOO!!! I know that some of you are going through the mill at the moment and wanted to share some news that hopefully might inspire you...
Taking on suggestions of sitz baths, going over warm water, Loperamide when bowel too active and Laxido as stool softener I though things were getting better. Appetite has returned but digestive system is not coping well with anything but bland. My preference...
Hi, I’ve just started treatments two days ago,had the Mytomycin on day one alongside the radiotherapy, then started on the Capecitabine yesterday. I’m already suffering from pain in the anus area, like as though I’ve got a cut there,I don’t think I have...
Hello lovely peeps! Hope you’re all doing ok. ️ Quick question for those in the know… Just had my 6 month MRI and PET FDG CT scan (the one with the intravenous radiotracer). Basically the scan that tells you if the treatment has worked I suppose...
Well, things couldn’t have gone any better. I had my EUA today and I didn’t even need a biopsy!! I’m so so so happy!! It was so good, the surgeon didn’t even come and see me afterwards, he just sent a colorectal nurse. Best Christmas present ever. ...
Hi Everyone Thank you all for your written support over the last few months. You have helped me, and continue to do so, more than you know. I was diagnosed with anal cancer 2 days before my 50th Birthday in July and by September I started 28 days...
Hi. My wife was diagnosed with anal cancer towards the end of last year. A great deal has happened since then. After radiotherapy and chemotherapy the outcome was not what we had hoped. Main tumour had stabilised but some evidence of spread to lungs and...
Hi all, I had treatment for Anal Cancer in 2016. Been in remission since June last year. I was 43 in 2016, so would be considered early menopause. I have randomly started bleeding, like a light period. This has been going on for a week. Yes...
