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Hi , I’m starting week 3 tomorrow , my treatment area is sore and not sure what my bowels are up to .I’m passing lots of wind with some staining . I’ve been using Laxido on occasions . Is it better to take it every day or just as needed . I usually have...
My oncologist has stopped my Capecitabine because of raised levels in my liver. Has anyone else experienced this? Did your liver levels return to normal after?
Hey So week one of treatment done.... thought I'd share how I got on: Emotions - yep cried every day - not big outbursts but not necessarily able to hold it together - probably not helped by coming off my HRT. Everyone has been so kind, it's such...
Hi Everyone, I have just 8 treatments to go so finally I feel the end is in sight. Everything is very sore and I have developed a painful haemorrhoid. For those of you who have finished treatment,, will this shrink and disappear or am I now stuck with...
Hi.. I'm new to this forum.. just recently diagnosed with anal cancer stage 2.. Due to start my 28 days of chemoradiation on 6th Jan.. I'm struggling to cope with my feelings on how I have this and feelings of guilt.. im in a loving relationship...
Hi, I’m still new here. I finally got a formal diagnosis last week after 16 months of ongoing problems and tests. I know this is still a relatively rare cancer and with even lower rates in men. I have really appreciated being able to read all of...
I have gone from 2.5ml liquid morphine to 5ml to 7.5ml but it never seems to make the slightest difference to bms. Has anyone found a level of morphine which reduces a bm from excruciating, shouting obscenties, pain to just really bad pain?
My partner has recently been diagnosed Stage 4 and we have upcoming appointment with the consultant. I have been doing all I can to research anything that might help and I've read about immunotherapy in conjunction with chemotherapy although as far...
I’m writing this on behalf of my wife. She was diagnosed with Anal Cancer around mid October. Unsurprisingly the tumour which is about 12cm and sits between the lower bowel and the cervix (and exists also outside of the body) is continually Growing. This...
Hi everyone. I've been diagnosed with stage 3 anal cancer caused by Squamous cell carcinoma, that's moved into the lymph nodes, bit it's all contained within that area. The positive side of things it hasn't spread anywhere else and I won't be having...
