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Hi All, I am just wondering what underwear you used during radiotherapy? I had 28 sessions of radiation, towards the end the only underwear that felt comfortable was my partners boxer shorts. I couldn't bare anything on my groin region, due to the...
Hi, I have been diagnosed with stage 2 anal cancer. I had to fight to get seen as the doctor referred me to a specialist in the beginning of January, but because a CT pelvic scan did not show anything, they were not going to see me. I was eventually seen...
Hello everyone! I am new here. I have been a part of this group for a few weeks now just reading and learning from you all! I was diagnosed on April 2nd with Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal/rectum that was caused by the HPV virus. Before educating...
After chemo/radiation, neither the oncologist or radiation oncologist mentioned anything to me about post treatment sex, dilators, or pelvic exercises. Did anyone else have the same experience? I haven't had sex in 22 yrs (I'm presently 71 yrs old) but...
Hi everyone, I got my diagnosis of anal cancer on Tuesday and like everyone else head is spinning. Having a PET scan in the next week so sizing and treatment plan will go from there I guess. They have said treatable and MRI and CT OK apart from cyst...
Hi....newly diagnosed with anal cancer, awaiting appointment to discuss treatment plan. I am experiencing quite a bit of discomfort and finding it difficult to sit or lay comfortably, is this quite common. Still just in a bit of a daze with it all...
Hi, I'm finishing Week 5 of treatment, which is hard to believe, because those days before treatment, when everything seemed so uncertain and frightening, still feel like yesterday. But treatment really does fly by, and it's hard to believe that after...
Just diagnosed a week ago, my tumor is too close to the sphincter muscle to operate. I'll be starting chemo & radiation soon, in early stages of getting scans, meeting with doctors, etc. PetScan didn't show any cancer beyond the tumor, so that's good...
Hi I'm having my scans on Monday.. then 3 weeks later i get my result.. Ive been pretty positive throughout my whole journey but now im so scared..i have started to get pain back in my below area feels like something is pushing out of my vaginal and...
Currently experiencing what I can only describe as an 'attack' of pain... it's happening more frequently, usually waking me in the night. It's 4am Had Dihydracodiene only a couple hours ago, but still woke like this. Took paracetamol about 40 mins ago...
