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So 9 days following my last radiotherapy treatment I no longer require the Flaminal gel that I was given on day 22 of treatment and started to use on day 24, I’m also able to dry myself normally with a towel and I can wipe with normal toilet tissue although...
Hi, I'm 17 months on from the standard chemo-radiotherapy treatment for anal canal cancer, T1N0M0. My only symptom originally was sudden bleeding once every few months and a colonoscopy found a type 11a_c polyp (depressed lesion which is rare and more...
A bit of background history: I was diagnosed with Stage IIIA (T2, N1a,MO) 4.5cm Anal cancer back in late October 24, I had been struggling with what I thought was piles since May 24. Various GP appointments and even a consultant from private health...
Hello Sorry, I know I'm a total arse for not being on here - but I'm trying to set myself up as a coach and hustling all the time on socials! Anyway I got invited to have a smear and I went for that smear today. I finished treatment for anal cancer...
Hi everyone i hope you are all doing well. I was diagnosed a few weeks ago with AC after a polyp was removed which was believed to be benign but turned out to be a carcinoma. The actual size of the tumour was about 1.9mm, so pretty small, but still...
recently diagnosed with anal cancer - T3N1bM0 63 year old male just saying hello from Cornwall.
Hi Everyone I should have had my 3 month scan last Friday but the machine had broken down so that will now be on 3 July. I thought I was ok but lately my stomach has been feeling like I've ate loads of rotten fruit and it's fermenting inside. The gas...
Diagnosed stage2b anal cancer 7/24, then Nigro protocol. Thankful it wasn't that bad, saw so many people suffering from cancer in radiation/oncology labs. No residual side effects besides fatigue. F/U cancer screening PET 4/25 revealed one 4cm met to...
I have the strata XRT in my possession for when I start treatment but I’m still not sure where exactly to apply it…. Is it EVERYWHERE? So between bum cheeks and anal margin? and what about vulva? external and internal or just external? I wasn’t thinking...
So, on my latest trip to A+E yesterday, I experienced a new response to my cancer diagnosis from another nurse, this time a male one. When asked during assessment what type of cancer I had, I responded quietly, 'it's anal', to which he quite firmly replied...
