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Hi all I hope you are all doing well today. I had mapping scan yesterday and start treatment on 15th Sept in afternoons. It wad a balancing act with the bladder but apart from that it was ok Im dreading it but also looking forward to getting the...
This group has been fantastic......thank you for your shared knowledge and experiences. Just wanted to share some of my experiences of treatment (abroad) and chemoradiation with a new stoma. I have cancer in my anus, but my tumour is at the start...
Hi I had my mapping scan yesterday and my first radiotherapy treatment is 22/9. I've not yet had my chemo pre-assessment and am hoping for an appointment call very soon! I'm very nervous, and am trying to do as much research as I can without scaring...
Good evening I was wondering if anyone else has gone down this route? I'm 19 months post treatment and have been struggling due to stenosis. Following my 18 month review my oncologist referred me onto colorectal consultant. I am booked in this Tues...
Hi all - hope you are doing ok. i finished my 5.5week radiotherapy and chemo 2 days ago. I have a weak bladder too so have to wear incontinence pads. I am struggling to find underwear that I can wear to stop the irritation on my skin (my bottom and...
Am I being unreasonable, I have lost faith in my treating hospital. After 10 months and 3 scans and being told nothing wrong I finally had a PET scan which identified a tumour, spread to lymph nodes and blood vessel. what I am struggling to understand...
I've finished treatment Chemo/Radiation 50 sessions in all. Everything shrinks its been over a year since I finished treatment and all is well. I haven't had sex in a while because it's too painful I didn't use the gatets I was given to keep the gate...
Hi there , I finished my treatment 8 weeks ago but I’m still in quite considerable pain after visiting the loo . In fact there is blood every time . It’s coming from open wounds and or wounds just inside my anus . Has anyone else suffered this long and...
Hi Some of you will have read my post saying how my 3 month scan gave me the all clear with a "complete response" and how happy and delighted I was! Well today I got the results for my 6 month scan, unfortunately it shows that the cancer is back,...
Hello, I start treatment on 15th sept and have seen mention on here about strata XRT. I mentioned it to the oncologist today at my planning meeting and she seemed ok with it should I choose to go down this road. I was just wondering what the thoughts...
